History Characters / BladeRunner

* [[Characters/BladeRunnerOtherCharacters Other Characters]] [[note]]The Magistrates, Joi, Dr. Ana Stelline, Mariette[[/note]]

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* [[Characters/BladeRunnerReplicants Replicants]] [[note]]Roy Batty, Pris, Leon Kowalski, Zorah Salome, Iggy/Cygnus, Trixie, Sapper Morton[[/note]]

* [[Characters/BladeRunnerCorporations Corporations]] [[note]]Eldon Tyrell, Rachael, J.F. Sebastian, Niander Wallace, Luv, The Angel, File Clerk[[/note]]

* [[Characters/BladeRunnerCorporations Corporations]] [[note]]Eldon Tyrell, Rachael, J.F. Sebastian, Niander Wallace, Luv, The Angel[[/note]]

* [[Characters/BladeRunnerBladeRunnersAndLAPD Blade Runners and LAPD]]
* [[Characters/BladeRunnerCorporations Corporations]]
* [[Characters/BladeRunnerReplicants Replicants]]
* [[Characters/BladeRunnerOtherCharacters Other Characters]]

Character sheet for the ''Franchise/BladeRunner'' franchise.

* [[Characters/{{Blade Runner Other Characters}} Other Characters]]

* [[Characters/{{Blade Runner Replicants}} Replicants]]
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!Others

!!!'''2036'''

[[folder:The Magistrates]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenedictWong, Ned Dennehy, Ania Marson, Ade Sapara
->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]''

-->''"The prohibition of Replicant technology is not subject to debate."''

A group of human lawmakers Niander Wallace has a meeting with in 2036 in order to convince them to legalize the production and use of his Nexus-9 Replicants.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: They are completely opposed to allowing any new wave of Replicants to be made... until Wallace gruesomely shows them how subservient his Nexus-9 line is.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: The magistrate played by Benedict Wong asks "What is this?!" to Wallace about the Replicant he brought with him (which Wallace then refers to as "an angel").
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2049'''

[[folder:Joi]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I always told you. You're special."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnaDeArmas
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Your story isn't over yet. There's still a page left."''

K's virtual girlfriend, a holographic ArtificialIntelligence made by Wallace Corporation.
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* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Implied, as she tells K to wipe her from her home emitter and destroy the antenna of said emitter so Wallace Corporation won't be able to track him down.
** [[spoiler:Though it is shown that certain aspects of her that seemed very genuine were just part of her basic programming. For instance, her naming K "Joe" seems to be some part of her basic programming, as an ad for her that K encounters later calls him Joe as well, and her attempts to convince him that he really was Deckard's child come across as a bit hollow after we see the ad for her that says she will tell you what you want to hear. K wanted to be something more than a replicant, so she obeyed her programming and egged that fantasy on when he seemed to find proof of it. She really did love him, but a lot of her love was just part of the program.]]
* {{Hologram}}: She has no physical form, although her programming is advanced enough for her to have virtual rain falling on her when she's in the middle of a real rain outside. The holographic advertisement for the Joi line is a giant [[{{Fanservice}} naked]] purple version of her.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: She is a technological marvel, but the portable emitter is very sensitive and makes her glitch when shaken too violently, such as when K's car is attacked by scavengers in the giant dump yard of Los Angeles and crashes.
* {{Housewife}}: She takes on the appearance of a 1950s housewife when K serves himself his dinner, and K talks to her like a husband who comes back from his office job.
* KickTheDog: A tragic victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Luv]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:She was saying "I love y..." to K when Luv crushed her emitter.]]
* KissMeImVirtual: A romance developed between her and K.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The first notes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIi_q4bNZMM Peter's leitmotif]] from ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' play when she's activated.
* MeaningfulName: The "Joi" line has been conceived to bring the joys of a relationship to lonely people.
* MsFanservice: One of the purposes of her line InUniverse. So much so that the gigantic Joi holographic ads are naked.
* NiceGirl: She's a loving girlfriend to K.
* [[ProjectedMan Projected Woman]]: She manifests through a [[{{Hologram}} holographic projection]] inside K's apartment, and K buys a portable emitter so she can "follow" him everywhere.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: She is an A.I. with human-like feelings, to a much higher extent than the A.I. of the current-line replicants.
* RunningGag: Her LeitMotif turns into a minor one - every time it plays from K's pocket while he's out and about, everyone he's currently with immediately comments on him having a virtual girlfriend.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Her cruel and unnecessary "death" turns K's so far detached investigation into something [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon way more personal]].]]
* {{Sexbot}}: While obviously not conceived for physical sex, Joi's model is made by Wallace Corporation for lonely people who want to experience a relationship (including sharing feelings and intimate thoughts) and sure enough, [[{{Fanservice}} the giant purple holographic commercial of the Joi line is naked]]. Joi can synchronize with the body of a real woman for "physical" sex.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: She can change her clothing and appearance to match the personality she thinks her owner wants/needs at that particular time. Wholesome Fifties Housewife? Nightclub Party Girl?
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires Mariette for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and it doesn't bother her at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to his virtual girlfriend.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:She's the most lovable character in ''2049'', and she gets destroyed out of pure KickTheDog.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: She has a personality of her own and developed true feelings for K, and she's more than happy to accompany him through the emitter. [[spoiler:All of this makes her death pretty heartbreaking, when Luv crushes the emitter.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her billboard version.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Ana Stelline]]
->'''Played by:''' Carla Juri
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

The memories creator of the Nexus-9 line Replicants. Her immunodeficiency forced her to live her entire life sealed from the outside world. The disease also barred her from travelling into space.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler:Possibly. In addition to the travails of her parents, it's never been entirely clear if Rachael used the ''genetic'' template of Tyrell's niece in addition to the memories; ''[=BR1=]'' implies it, as always, but doesn't outright state it. If she did, then in a real sense, the long-deceased Tyrell is her grand-uncle.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Can come across as a bit of one, given her propensity for working on holograms while speaking to people and walking about [[DoesNotLikeShoes completely unshod]] while she works.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Doesn't seem to bother with shoes in her enclosure.
* FakeMemories: She creates them to make Replicants more "human".
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Her mother is a Replicant, while her father is... well, Deckard's [[RiddleForTheAges whatever the hell he is]].]]
* IllGirl: She has an extreme immunodeficiency that confines her to sterile environments. [[spoiler:Well, in theory, at least. She believes it herself.]]
* ImprobableAge: Played with; she's made up to look and come across as rather young, although Carla Juri was about 30 at time of filming, which isn't too improbable for a doctorate [[spoiler:and would also put her just about bang in line with how old Ana should be in 2049 if she was born in 2021]]. ''However'', given how long Wallace has been making Nexus-9s and the flow of the conversation between K and Ana, it seems like Ana has been working for Wallace for almost as long as the Nexus-9s have been in production, which is a decade or more. That'd mean Ana got her doctorate at around ''twenty years old or younger''.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: She's Rick and Rachael's daughter.]]
* NiceGirl: She's very friendly and soft-spoken towards K.
* ThePollyanna: Despite her circumstances, she's very friendly and nearly always smiling. It's left somewhat ambiguous if this involves any StepfordSmiler tendencies or if all her happiness is genuine.
* SafetyWorst: Her immunodeficiency became apparent at a young age, leading her parents to isolate her in sterility, a practice that has continued into adult life. [[spoiler: It is possible that this is just a cover to prevent people from getting near to her and learning that she's a replicant's child, though it's ''also'' possible it's just a side effect of her previously-impossible biology; the film naturally leaves this ambiguous]].
* StepfordSmiler: ''Maybe''; in true ''Blade Runner'' tradition, it's left ambiguous enough to call either way. At most, one gets the impression she would rather like to get out of her bubble and see the world (understandably).
* TransferableMemory: She conceives [[spoiler:(or transfers her own)]] memories for Replicants. [[spoiler:Her memories of the wooden horse ended up in K's mind.]]
* WomanInWhite: Perhaps by choice, but more likely a consequence of her being confined to a sterile, almost exclusively white environment since she was a little girl.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mariette]]
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->'''Played by:''' Mackenzie Davis
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A human prostitute who takes a liking to K. [[spoiler:She's actually an agent of the Replicant [[LaResistance resistance]].]]
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Her skin, face and, in fact, her entire body are astoundingly flawless for a hooker who lives, works, and probably grew up in the filth-ridden slums of one of the most famous {{Wretched Hive}}s in movie history.
* EnigmaticMinion: It's clear from the outset that there's more to her than meets the eye. [[spoiler:Then ultimately subverted when she turns out to be working for the good guys, or at least as close as someone in this setting can get to being considered "good".]]
* HoneyTrap: She and two more hookers are sicced on K by a mysterious woman in her very first appearance. [[spoiler:Initially subverted when the others leave out of disgust about what he is, and she herself walks away after [[RunningGag she notices K has a virtual girlfriend]]. Then [[DoubleSubversion subverted again]] when she shows up a second time on Joi's invitation, and this time she goes through with it. ''[[RuleOfThree Then]]'' she subverts it a third time when her undercover actions end up saving K's life later on because she's actually one of the good guys/girls.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She's the second-nicest character in the film right after Joi, who's incidentally the only one she treats a bit nastily. Most tellingly, she completely averts the rampant FantasticRacism against replicants by [[spoiler:taking a liking to K right off the bat despite knowing what he is. Plus the "being part of the replicant resistance" thing, naturally]]
* MsFanservice: Being a prostitute, it's part of the job.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is a human that is working with a replicant freedom movement]].
* NiceGirl: Yep.
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires her for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and doing this doesn't bother Joi at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to her.
[[/folder]]
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!Replicants

[[folder:Replicants in General]]
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-->''"Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase - a being virtually identical to a human, known as a Replicant..."''
--->-- '''OpeningNarration of''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

Replicants are bioengineered androids invented by Eldon Tyrell. The Nexus series are virtually identical to adult humans, but have superior strength, speed, agility, resilience and intelligence to varying degrees, depending on the model.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Often don't know themselves if they're human or not and fans have debated for years about which Blade Runner characters are actually replicants.
* ArtificialHumans: They are androids made to look as human as possible.
* BornIntoSlavery: They are conceived to be slaves, and created as such.
* FantasticRacism: They are seen as dangerous by humans. "Skin-job" is a common insult for them.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Nexus-9 Replicants are supposed to be completely loyal to humans. In reality, like the past gen Replicants, they can develop empathy and their own agenda with enough time.
* HumanOutsideAlienInside: The books say the only way to physically tell the difference between a human and a replicant is to examine the bone marrow.
* InhumanableAlienRights: The replicants are allowed to be shot on sight.
* LackOfEmpathy: Their distinguishing feature. The Voight-Kampf test involves asking the subject pointed questions and gauging their emotional response. Ultimately, however, it's revealed that Replicants really do learn to empathize. Tyrell suggests that the reason for their limited lifespan is because if they lived too long they'd be indistinguishable from human beings. This is one of the biggest apparent diversions from the original book, in which Replicants are stated to have no empathy whatsoever and are compared to humanity's own growing lack of empathy; however, given Irmgard Baty's reaction to Isidore's FreakOut over a dead spider amongst other events depicted in the book, this is commonly considered an example of UnreliableNarrator and UnreliableExpositor.
** The Nexus-9 Replicants conceived by Niander Wallace completely lack of empathy. [[spoiler: Or so it seems]]
* ManChild: While the Nexus-6 models are adults both physically and mentally, they're still very childlike in their emotions, be it Pris's very whimsical behavior or Roy basically having a temper tantrum when [[spoiler:meeting Tyrell and killing his "father".]]
* MeaningfulName: As in "replicas" of human beings.
* OrganicTechnology: They have flesh, blood and bones.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Replicants are almost perfect in resemblance to regular humans, to the point where only a psychological test (or markings on the eyes for later models) can detect them.
* SlaveRace: Basically a new race created to serve humans, although they can't reproduce [[spoiler:(or so everyone thought).]]
* SuperStrength:
** Nexus-6 Replicants are built to be far more durable and stronger than human beings, at the cost of a reduced lifespan. In the climax, Roy Batty lifts up Deckard's entire body weight using only one hand [[spoiler:to save Deckard's life]].
** The following lines of Replicants (at the very least the Nexus-8 and Nexus-9 lines) retain such strength, but with the advantage of an unlimited lifespan.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Angry over their servitude (and over their intentionally limited lifespan for the Nexus-6 models).

!!!'''2019'''

[[folder:Roy Batty]]
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[[caption-width-right:249: ''"I've...seen things you people wouldn't believe..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RutgerHauer
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave."''

Roy Batty is the leader of the renegade Nexus-6 Replicants and the main antagonist of the first film. He is highly intelligent, fast, and skilled at combat, and yet still learning how to deal with developing emotions. With an A Physical Level (superhuman strength and endurance) and an A Mental Level (genius-level intellect), he is probably the most dangerous of all the fugitive replicants. He is a combat model, used off-world for military service. He and five other replicants come to Earth, hoping to find a way to lengthen their life span.

* AffablyEvil: Roy has a charming, philosophical exterior, on full display in his interactions with Pris, Chew, Tyrell, and, at the end of the film, Deckard. His charm can give way to a terrible capacity for violence at times, but his affability, when he shows it, is almost always genuine.
* AlasPoorVillain: His dying words to Deckard after saving his life, one of the most famous monologues in film history.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' has another version of him show up, claiming to be the human that the replicants were based on. We never find out if he was telling the truth or not.
* AntiVillain: He's a violent murderer, but he's also an escaped slave who just wants to live his life in peace. In the original ending, Deckard speculates that [[spoiler:Roy spared his life for no other reason than Roy's love for life. Though the canonicity of the voice-over is heavily debatable as it's been removed in subsequent versions of the film, most notably the Directors Cut. Another suggestion is that Batty's real motivation for the rescue is the desire for his life to be remembered.]]
* BadassLongcoat: He has a trenchcoat of his own to rival Deckard's, black leather as opposed to Deckard's brown, fitting his status as Deckard's {{foil}}.
* BigBad: Roy's quest for a greater lifespan is what triggers and drives the plot of the film.
* ClonesArePeopleToo: He wants more ''life'' ...Father.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Although nominally the BigBad, Roy's character arc gets just as much focus as Deckard's story, if not more.
* DoAndroidsDream: He convinces Tyrell he's just as intelligent as he is, but Tyrell tells him as sympathetically as possible that there's nothing he can do to prolong his life.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Roy is distraught over the deaths of Leon and Zhora, and genuinely loves Pris.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He calmly accepts his impending death and gives Deckard some parting words of wisdom.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Roy:''' All those moments will be lost in time... like tears... in rain. Time to die.]]
* FinalSpeech: One of the most famous ever: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."
* {{Foil}}: To Deckard. They both simultaneously struggle with a lack of humanity (Roy's status as a [[ArtificialHuman Replicant]] and the dehumanising nature of Deckard's job as a Blade Runner) and very human flaws (Roy's fear of death and Deckard's [[ShellShockedVeteran trauma]] over the brutality of what he does). Roy is charismatic and powerful, but childlike in some ways, whereas Deckard is outmatched by the Replicants, but much more emotionally mature. Their character arcs mirror each other throughout the film as both commit questionable, but understandable acts, and in the end, they both manage to reach a catharsis as a result of their conflict, with Roy discovering his humanity around the same time that Deckard rediscovers his own. Their appearances also strongly contrast each other (Roy's platinum-blond hair and black leather coat as opposed to Deckard's brown hair and brown trenchcoat), especially at the climax, which features a nearly-naked and flawless Roy and a battered and bloody Deckard.
* GeniusBruiser Both the smartest of the renegade Replicants and also very strong and agile.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like all of the Replicants, his goal is just to live a normal life instead of being a slave and dying before his time.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's very clever at using people for his own ends: Chew, Sebastian, and he tries hard to convince Tyrell to help him, but it doesn't work.
* NominalHero: Roy Batty and his gang are escaped slaves from deep space. The Blade Runners are bounty hunters who get money for gunning them down. A Blade Runner protagonist makes for an uneasy moral setting at best.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Kills Tyrell after being told by his creator that there's no way to have a longer lifespan.]]
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Under Roy Batty's guidance, Sebastian [[SurpriseCheckmate checkmates]] Tyrell in two moves.
* TheSpock: He normally controls his emotions very well, though he does fly into a rage at Tyrell, and has a emotional attachment to Pris.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to lift Deckard with one arm, at least.
* TragicVillain: All he and his gang want is to have normal lifespans and be free, but they can't have either.
* TransHuman: Being an artificial human who's been engineered to be better than the real thing, well..
* {{Ubermensch}}: He was intentionally created to be one, with a genius-level intellect. Philip K. Dick himself said Rutger Hauer was "the perfect Batty - cold, Aryan, flawless." Batty naturally becomes the leader of the escaped replicants.
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:Roy's final acts in life are to save Deckard's life and give a monologue about his amazing experiences and lamenting that the memory of them will die with him.]]
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Saves Deckard's life at the end just before he dies.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His blond, almost white hair and his past as a killer (he doesn't specify, but he said he's done ''questionable'' things).

[[folder:Priscilla "Pris" Stratton]]
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[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Then we're stupid, we'll all die."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DarylHannah
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"I think, Sebastian, therefore I am."''

A "basic pleasure model" Nexus-6 Replicant, Pris is the girlfriend of Roy Batty. At an A Physical Level, she is shown to have superhuman endurance (as in the scene where she grabs a boiling egg with her bare hand without harm). Her B Mental Level puts her at a lower intellectual level than Roy.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' says that she was actually an insane human who just thought she was a replicant. This is public knowledge and [[spoiler: Deckard is wanted for murder.]]
* DecoyDamsel: Uses her attractiveness on [[spoiler:Sebastian]] to convince him to get [[spoiler:Roy]] past Tyrell's security so he can meet him. [[spoiler:Although Roy later kills both Tyrell and a crying, guilt-ridden Sebastian once the bargain is complete.]]
* DarkChick: In personality. In terms of ranking, she's more of a [[TheDragon dragon]].
* DarkActionGirl: The villainous equivalent of Rachael, but more active.
* DeathCryEcho: She has a seizure and screams uncontrollably (with actual echoes in the building) when dying after being shot by Deckard.
* TheDragon: Deckard has to fight her before he encounters Roy.
* EightiesHair: She looks like she belongs in a 80s rock band.
* EvilAlbino Has white-blond hair like Roy.
* FemmeFatale: She seduces Sebastian into letting her and Roy stay at his apartment, then they end up murdering him.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Subverted. Pris is a "basic pleasure model" and uses her skills to win over JF. [[spoiler:However, it's a ruse to gain access to Tyrell.]]
* MurderousThighs: She tries to choke Deckard with her legs in one scene.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name isn't spoken.
* {{Sexbot}}: She's essentially a robot prostitute.
* SheFu: She's good at gymnastics and uses some acrobatic moves during her fight with Deckard, though not that it does her much good in the end.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Edge Of Human", Sebastian was able to fix her somehow even though the book says she's actually human.
%%* ZettaiRyouiki: Wears very 1980's stockings.

[[folder:Leon Kowalski]]
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[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Wake up! Time to die!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Brion James
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"Painful to live in fear isn't it?! Nothing worse than an itch you can never scratch!"''

Leon Kowalski is a replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. He has an A physical level, which enables him to have superhuman strength and endurance (according to the Final Cut he was used as a 180 kg/400 lb nuclear-head loader in the outer space colonies as well as a front-line soldier). Leon is classified mental level C. He doesn't have the speed of thought that Roy does when it comes to solving problems.

* AvengingTheVillain: He tries to avenge [[spoiler:Zhora's]] death.
* AxCrazy: Much more violent and impulsive than his fellow replicants are.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears one just like Roy does.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a short goatee.
* BloodlessCarnage: When he's given a BoomHeadshot by Rachael, it just shows the hole in the front of his head, no blood.
* BoomHeadShot: Dispatched with a shot from Deckard's HandCannon, [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind by Rachael.]]
* TheBrute: The biggest and probably the strongest replicant.
* DumbMuscle: He was built for manual labor. During the briefing sequence, he's even given stats: Physical A, Mental C, making him the dumbest of the replicants. He displays SuperStrength on a few occasions. The script also called for him to do a CeilingCling, but it was left out.
** His limited mental capacity is most noticeable in the opening Voight-Kampff testing scene where as most Replicants require twenty-thirty questions, he gives himself away at the very first.
* EyeScream: Attempts this on Deckard by trying to shove his fingers through his eyesockets and into his brain.
* FamousLastWords: "Wake up, time to die."
* HiddenDepths: His final philophosical monologue to Deckard implies he's smarter than people or his fellow Replicants take him for.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to Deckard.
* PsychopathicManchild: His low intelligence and the nonsensical quips he gives during his fight with Deckard give him shades of this.
* SuperStrength: Was designed to carry heavy loads and fight at the front, and easily throws and slaps Deckard around like a ragdoll.
* UnstoppableRage: In his fight with Deckard. He gives him a serious beating before Rachael retires him.

[[folder:Zhora Salome]]
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[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Do you think I’d be working in a place like this if I could afford a real snake?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Joanna Cassidy
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

-->''"How do you mean 'exploited'?"''

Zhora is a replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. She has an A physical level and B mental level, just like Pris. She was originally used in murder squads, though she keeps a job as exotic dancer by the time Deckard comes for her.
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* CombatPragmatist: Tries to choke Deckard out using his own tie.
* DeadpanSnarker: When Deckard, posing as a member of a committee on "moral abuses" asks Zhora if she has to do anything "lewd, unsavoury, or otherwise offensive to [her] person" to get her job, Zhora replies with a dry and incredulous "are you for real?".
* {{Determinator}}: Endures the first shot from Deckard's HandGun, which goes through her chest, and still tries to resume her escape.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Zhora wears a replicant snake as a fashion accessory.
* InformedAbility: Her file sets her up to be a dangerous killer. In a case of tragic irony, she is the only replicant to die [[spoiler: fleeing for her life instead of pursuing Decker, aside from Batty's last-minute decision to spare Decker's life before his own expiration.]]
* InTheBack: She is shot dead by Deckard while she is trying to run away.
* MsFanservice: It is her job.
* {{Sexbot}}: Downplayed: a robot exotic dancer in this case. Also subverted, because she wasn't presumably designed for such work, unless it was a part of her coverup skills as an assassin.
* SheFu: Averted, unlike Pris. Probably because Zhora is a trained fighter and Pris is not. She uses short-range strikes and chokes.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: A tall, dark-haired woman with a cold attitude.
* TattooedCrook: She is identified by a snake tattoo in her neck.
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2022'''

[[folder:Iggy / Cygnus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jovan Jackson (English), Kenichiro Matsuda (Japanese)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''

A Nexus-8 combat[=/=]intelligence-gathering Replicant who went rogue after a battle on the planet of Kalathania. In the ''Black Out 2022'' anime, he teams up with an unlikely pair to "even the odds" against Replicants.
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* TheCavalry: Iggy shows up to save Trixie as she's being accosted by a group of human thugs in the back-streets of L.A. After eyeing them up for a few moments, he effortlessly dispatches them.
* EyeScream: The last we see of Iggy, he's striding through the wreckage and flames of the backup site, having plucked out his own eye (which identifies that he's a Replicant) and replaced it with an EyepatchOfPower.
* UnwittingPawn: Iggy's backstory shows him fighting on the deserts of Kalathania. When he guns down a soldier from the opposing side and realizes that it's a Replicant, he realizes that the government has replaced the human soldiers with synthetics, who don't know that they're fighting other synthetics. This motivates his decision to eventually go rogue and cause the blackout in 2022.
--> '''Iggy:''' Nothing more than toy soldiers in a sandbox.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trixie]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trixie_5.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LuciChristian (English), Ichiko Aoba (Japanese)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''

A female Replicant who decides to aid Iggy in his quest to "even the odds" for Replicants, via executing a plan that will plunge Los Angeles into darkness.
----
* DarkActionGirl: Trixie's innocent exterior belies a Replicant who can effortlessly take out an entire group of soldiers with deadly martial arts, coupled with a willingness to help Ren see his plan through by aiding Iggy at the archives.
* HoneyTrap: Implied, as Trixie appears to be helpless and alone the first time we see her (as the gang threatens her). In the next scene, she shows that she's more than capable of dispatching enemies, as she takes out a truck driver with [[MurderousThighs her thighs]] and late cuts down nearly all of the soldiers guarding the backup site [[OneWomanArmy on her own]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: When the duo reach the archives and drive in, she uses the door from the tanker-trailer like a projectile to kill one of the soldiers.
* OneWomanArmy: She massacres most of the soldiers guarding the archives and backup records by herself, effortlessly killing most of them via fatal kicks and punches.
* RuleOfSymbolism: As she launches herself through the air during the final fight scene, Trixie witnesses a dove flying overhead. [[spoiler:She is shot in midair directly after this and crashes into a sheet of glass in a crucifixion pose]].
* ShoutOut: Trixie has visual and symbolic similarities to nearly all of the Replicants in the original film. She witnesses a dove flying through the air, similar to how the dove symbolized Roy Batty's death. She has acrobatic moves (and MurderousThighs) like Pris. [[spoiler:She dies by being shot in midair, also like Pris, and she crashes into a pane of glass when she dies, just like Zhora]].
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Trixie is curious about love and death, asking Ren if he has any affection for her and later musing about whether Replicants will go to Heaven or Hell.
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2036-2049'''

[[folder:Sapper Morton]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sappermorton.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]]
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2048: Nowhere to Run]]'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A Nexus-8 Replicant disguising himself as a human farmer.
----
* EarlyBirdCameo: His file is watched by Gaff and his colleague in ''Black Out 2022''. Apparently he came on Earth with Iggy/Cygnus after deserting the Replicant military on the space colony of Kalanthia.
* GentleGiant: He is a huge and bulky Replicant, and he is very sweet and protective with a girl and her mother in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like many Replicants who escaped servitude, he wants to live peacefully and free from human persecution.
* LongLived: His lifespan lasts much longer than the Nexus-6 Replicants of the first film. He was "born" in 2019 and is still around by 2049.
* NeckSnap: He does this to the last remaining thug in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He was one of the few people to witness what he calls a "miracle": a Replicant -- Rachael -- giving birth. Rachael was buried near a tree on his farm's land after her DeathByChildbirth in 2021. He kept this a secret ever since, knowing full well what people like Niander Wallace would do with it.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: As seen in ''Nowhere to Run'', his experiences as a combat medic have clearly left him with a case of PTSD.
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to NeckSnap a human effortlessly and shove K through a wall.
[[/folder]]

!Others

!!!'''2036'''

[[folder:The Magistrates]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magistratesbladerunner.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenedictWong, Ned Dennehy, Ania Marson, Ade Sapara
->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]''

-->''"The prohibition of Replicant technology is not subject to debate."''

A group of human lawmakers Niander Wallace has a meeting with in 2036 in order to convince them to legalize the production and use of his Nexus-9 Replicants.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: They are completely opposed to allowing any new wave of Replicants to be made... until Wallace gruesomely shows them how subservient his Nexus-9 line is.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: The magistrate played by Benedict Wong asks "What is this?!" to Wallace about the Replicant he brought with him (which Wallace then refers to as "an angel").
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2049'''

[[folder:Joi]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joibladerunner2049.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"I always told you. You're special."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnaDeArmas
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Your story isn't over yet. There's still a page left."''

K's virtual girlfriend, a holographic ArtificialIntelligence made by Wallace Corporation.
----
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Implied, as she tells K to wipe her from her home emitter and destroy the antenna of said emitter so Wallace Corporation won't be able to track him down.
** [[spoiler:Though it is shown that certain aspects of her that seemed very genuine were just part of her basic programming. For instance, her naming K "Joe" seems to be some part of her basic programming, as an ad for her that K encounters later calls him Joe as well, and her attempts to convince him that he really was Deckard's child come across as a bit hollow after we see the ad for her that says she will tell you what you want to hear. K wanted to be something more than a replicant, so she obeyed her programming and egged that fantasy on when he seemed to find proof of it. She really did love him, but a lot of her love was just part of the program.]]
* {{Hologram}}: She has no physical form, although her programming is advanced enough for her to have virtual rain falling on her when she's in the middle of a real rain outside. The holographic advertisement for the Joi line is a giant [[{{Fanservice}} naked]] purple version of her.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: She is a technological marvel, but the portable emitter is very sensitive and makes her glitch when shaken too violently, such as when K's car is attacked by scavengers in the giant dump yard of Los Angeles and crashes.
* {{Housewife}}: She takes on the appearance of a 1950s housewife when K serves himself his dinner, and K talks to her like a husband who comes back from his office job.
* KickTheDog: A tragic victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Luv]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:She was saying "I love y..." to K when Luv crushed her emitter.]]
* KissMeImVirtual: A romance developed between her and K.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The first notes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIi_q4bNZMM Peter's leitmotif]] from ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' play when she's activated.
* MeaningfulName: The "Joi" line has been conceived to bring the joys of a relationship to lonely people.
* MsFanservice: One of the purposes of her line InUniverse. So much so that the gigantic Joi holographic ads are naked.
* NiceGirl: She's a loving girlfriend to K.
* [[ProjectedMan Projected Woman]]: She manifests through a [[{{Hologram}} holographic projection]] inside K's apartment, and K buys a portable emitter so she can "follow" him everywhere.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: She is an A.I. with human-like feelings, to a much higher extent than the A.I. of the current-line replicants.
* RunningGag: Her LeitMotif turns into a minor one - every time it plays from K's pocket while he's out and about, everyone he's currently with immediately comments on him having a virtual girlfriend.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Her cruel and unnecessary "death" turns K's so far detached investigation into something [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon way more personal]].]]
* {{Sexbot}}: While obviously not conceived for physical sex, Joi's model is made by Wallace Corporation for lonely people who want to experience a relationship (including sharing feelings and intimate thoughts) and sure enough, [[{{Fanservice}} the giant purple holographic commercial of the Joi line is naked]]. Joi can synchronize with the body of a real woman for "physical" sex.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: She can change her clothing and appearance to match the personality she thinks her owner wants/needs at that particular time. Wholesome Fifties Housewife? Nightclub Party Girl?
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires Mariette for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and it doesn't bother her at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to his virtual girlfriend.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:She's the most lovable character in ''2049'', and she gets destroyed out of pure KickTheDog.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: She has a personality of her own and developed true feelings for K, and she's more than happy to accompany him through the emitter. [[spoiler:All of this makes her death pretty heartbreaking, when Luv crushes the emitter.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her billboard version.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Ana Stelline]]
->'''Played by:''' Carla Juri
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

The memories creator of the Nexus-9 line Replicants. Her immunodeficiency forced her to live her entire life sealed from the outside world. The disease also barred her from travelling into space.
----
* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler:Possibly. In addition to the travails of her parents, it's never been entirely clear if Rachael used the ''genetic'' template of Tyrell's niece in addition to the memories; ''[=BR1=]'' implies it, as always, but doesn't outright state it. If she did, then in a real sense, the long-deceased Tyrell is her grand-uncle.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Can come across as a bit of one, given her propensity for working on holograms while speaking to people and walking about [[DoesNotLikeShoes completely unshod]] while she works.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Doesn't seem to bother with shoes in her enclosure.
* FakeMemories: She creates them to make Replicants more "human".
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Her mother is a Replicant, while her father is... well, Deckard's [[RiddleForTheAges whatever the hell he is]].]]
* IllGirl: She has an extreme immunodeficiency that confines her to sterile environments. [[spoiler:Well, in theory, at least. She believes it herself.]]
* ImprobableAge: Played with; she's made up to look and come across as rather young, although Carla Juri was about 30 at time of filming, which isn't too improbable for a doctorate [[spoiler:and would also put her just about bang in line with how old Ana should be in 2049 if she was born in 2021]]. ''However'', given how long Wallace has been making Nexus-9s and the flow of the conversation between K and Ana, it seems like Ana has been working for Wallace for almost as long as the Nexus-9s have been in production, which is a decade or more. That'd mean Ana got her doctorate at around ''twenty years old or younger''.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: She's Rick and Rachael's daughter.]]
* NiceGirl: She's very friendly and soft-spoken towards K.
* ThePollyanna: Despite her circumstances, she's very friendly and nearly always smiling. It's left somewhat ambiguous if this involves any StepfordSmiler tendencies or if all her happiness is genuine.
* SafetyWorst: Her immunodeficiency became apparent at a young age, leading her parents to isolate her in sterility, a practice that has continued into adult life. [[spoiler: It is possible that this is just a cover to prevent people from getting near to her and learning that she's a replicant's child, though it's ''also'' possible it's just a side effect of her previously-impossible biology; the film naturally leaves this ambiguous]].
* StepfordSmiler: ''Maybe''; in true ''Blade Runner'' tradition, it's left ambiguous enough to call either way. At most, one gets the impression she would rather like to get out of her bubble and see the world (understandably).
* TransferableMemory: She conceives [[spoiler:(or transfers her own)]] memories for Replicants. [[spoiler:Her memories of the wooden horse ended up in K's mind.]]
* WomanInWhite: Perhaps by choice, but more likely a consequence of her being confined to a sterile, almost exclusively white environment since she was a little girl.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mariette]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mariette.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Mackenzie Davis
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A human prostitute who takes a liking to K. [[spoiler:She's actually an agent of the Replicant [[LaResistance resistance]].]]
----
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Her skin, face and, in fact, her entire body are astoundingly flawless for a hooker who lives, works, and probably grew up in the filth-ridden slums of one of the most famous {{Wretched Hive}}s in movie history.
* EnigmaticMinion: It's clear from the outset that there's more to her than meets the eye. [[spoiler:Then ultimately subverted when she turns out to be working for the good guys, or at least as close as someone in this setting can get to being considered "good".]]
* HoneyTrap: She and two more hookers are sicced on K by a mysterious woman in her very first appearance. [[spoiler:Initially subverted when the others leave out of disgust about what he is, and she herself walks away after [[RunningGag she notices K has a virtual girlfriend]]. Then [[DoubleSubversion subverted again]] when she shows up a second time on Joi's invitation, and this time she goes through with it. ''[[RuleOfThree Then]]'' she subverts it a third time when her undercover actions end up saving K's life later on because she's actually one of the good guys/girls.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She's the second-nicest character in the film right after Joi, who's incidentally the only one she treats a bit nastily. Most tellingly, she completely averts the rampant FantasticRacism against replicants by [[spoiler:taking a liking to K right off the bat despite knowing what he is. Plus the "being part of the replicant resistance" thing, naturally]]
* MsFanservice: Being a prostitute, it's part of the job.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is a human that is working with a replicant freedom movement]].
* NiceGirl: Yep.
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires her for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and doing this doesn't bother Joi at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to her.
[[/folder]]

[[index]]

* Characters/{{Blade Runner Blade Runners and LAPD}}
* Characters/{{Blade Runner Corporations}}

[[foldercontrol]]

!Tyrell Corporation

[[folder:Dr. Eldon Tyrell]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyrell.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Commerce, is our goal here at Tyrell. "More Human than Human" is our motto."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Joe Turkel
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."''

Dr. Eldon Tyrell is the genius who has built up the [[MegaCorp large]] Tyrell Corporation. He is the creator of the Replicants.

* AdaptationNameChange: His last name was ''Rosen'' in [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep original novel]].
* AffablyEvil: At best he's morally grey, but he befriends Deckard quickly and treats Roy with respect, even though Roy had invaded his home to make his demands.
* AnimalMotifs: Owls. His company's logo is an owl and he keeps a (Replicant) Owl in his offices. His large glasses give him an owl-like appearance and he is a holder of knowledge like owls are often portrayed as.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His creations seem to disagree with the ethics of creating sapient beings that are doomed to a short life of hard labour.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:In combination with this, he gets his head crushed by Roy.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Delves into academic studies with Batty who is desperate to extend his 4-year lifespan. Even with intelligence that matches his creator's, both come to the same conclusion. Any attempt to chemically or biologically alter the artificial DNA code of a replicant causes an error in mitosis, its cells all start to go viral, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath killing said patient]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Tyrell wears thick glasses and is responsible for exploiting the life he creates with forced servitude and short lifespans.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In some ways he's more of a villain than Roy is.
* MadScientist: A brilliant scientist who doesn't stop to think that creating artificial humans with emotions and personalities might backfire on him someday.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Has an ongoing game with J.F. Sebastian.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's never seen without his bifocals.
* TooDumbToLive: When your angry, vengeful creation is confronting you and demanding you perform a medical procedure on him, the correct answer is not to explain why that procedure would be fatal, it's to ''perform it anyway''. Possibly justified in that his idolization of Roy as his ultimate creation may have been stronger than his self-preservation.
* WickedCultured: He comes across as more highbrow and intelligent than most of the other characters of the first ''Blade Runner'' film do (except possibly Roy).
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His company appears to be quite profitable, and nobody seems to complain about its business ethics of using robot slaves.
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:His final great success, producing a Replicant capable of having children (Rachael), is what drives the plot of ''Blade Runner 2049'', decades after Tyrell's death.]]

[[folder:Rachael]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rachael_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Have you ever retired a human by mistake?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SeanYoung

--> ''"It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public."''

Rachael is the latest experiment of Eldon Tyrell. Tyrell believes that as the Replicants have such a limited lifespan, they have little time to develop control of their emotions, causing difficulty managing them. He believes implanting them with memories would create a cushion which would allow for emotional development, and make them more controllable. Rachael has the implanted memories of Tyrell's niece, and she is led to believe that she is human. It is not revealed in the film how long she has been living, but Tyrell admits that he thinks she is beginning to suspect the truth of her existence. When Rachael learns the truth, she is ignored by Tyrell. In desperation, she turns to Deckard, who has been told by Captain Bryant to retire her. He eventually falls in love with her.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Her book counterpart is revealed to be very sinister by the end of the novel.
* AdaptationNameChange: Her last name was ''Rosen'' in the original book.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's not revealed she's a Replicant at first until she is submitted to the Voight-Kampff test. Even she doesn't know - only Tyrell does.
* ArtificialHuman: Like all Replicants are.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When she blows Leon's head off to save Deckard.]]
* ClonesArePeopleToo: She's more or less Tyrell's pet project, a replicant designed to be as human-like as possible and to have a more complex backstory (in the form of implanted memories) than the others. He treats her like a human and she never suspects she isn't one until Deckard shows up.
* CryCute: When Deckard reveals she's a Replicant in his apartment.
* DeadpanSnarker: She shows some signs of this during the Voight-Kampff test.
-->'''Deckard''': You're looking through a magazine and come across a full-page nude photo of a girl...\\
'''Rachael''': Is this testing whether I'm a Replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?
* DefrostingIceQueen: It takes a while before she and Deckard finally get it over with and kiss. And even then, [[ForcefulKiss he was rather rough with her.]]
* DoAndroidsDream: As the most human-like of the Replicants in appearance and personality, it's pretty much impossible to tell she is, in fact, an artificial life-form.
* EmotionlessGirl: She has a very cool demeanour towards Deckard at first, but this breaks down after she learns she's a Replicant and finds it hard to take.
* FakeMemories: They're really memories from Tyrell's niece.
* HiddenPurposeTest: Subverted. Exposed to one by Tyrell who wanted to see a negative result from Voight-Kampff before providing a positive result. (Debatable as to whether Deckard was the "negative result" Tyrell sought after, see ArtificialHuman entry above.) It typically takes 20-30 cross questions to expose a replicant, but it took ''over 100'' to reveal Rachael was one.
* LettingHerHairDown: She does this in Deckard's apartment.
* TheLostLenore: She and Deckard aren't present at the start of the movie, and the reasons why unfold as the plot advances.
[[spoiler:Rachael died in 2021 [[DeathByChildbirth in childbirth]], and it most definitely affected Deckard.]]
* OnlyOneName: Unlike the other replicants, her last name, assuming she has one, is never stated (in the book it was "Rosen").
* PlotDrivingSecret : [[spoiler:She died in 2021, as explained in ''Film/BladeRunner2049''. She passed away after [[DeathByChildbirth giving birth to a child]], and her bones are found by Officer K at Sapper Morton's farm in 2049. The discovery of this is what motivates K's quest to find both the child and the father.]]
* PrettyInMink: Rachael wears a few, indicative of her pampered status.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Although Rachael and Deckard sleep together at one point in the book, their relationship is much less romantic.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Rachael takes this trope pretty far: she's a Replicant who thinks she is human. When Deckard tests the machine on Rachael, it takes over one hundred questions for him to determine she is a Replicant (it takes only twenty or thirty, normally).
* RobotGirl: Being more or less the Tyrell Corporation's robotic SexySecretary.
* SexySecretary: Who would doubt she is one.
* SmokingIsCool: In fitting with the FilmNoir aesthetic of the movie, there are several scenes where she smokes cigarettes.
* TransferableMemory: None of her childhood memories are real.
* WasItAllALie: She never says it but she threw away "her" photo with her "Mother" when Deckard reveals the truth to her.

[[folder:J.F. Sebastian]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jfsebastian.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"There's a part of me in you..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamSanderson

-> '''Pris''': ''"Must get lonely here, J.F.."''
-> '''Sebastian''': ''" Not really. I '''make''' friends. They're toys. My friends are toys. I make them. It's a hobby."''

A genetic designer working for Tyrell. He is not allowed to emigrate off-world.

* AdaptationNameChange: Was called ''John R. Isidore'' in the book.
* AnArmAndALeg: In ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'', he's lost both legs and one arm. He can only move because he's strapped to his robot teddy bear's back.
* DecompositeCharacter: ''Edge Of Human'' has John Isidore show up as a different character.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed offscreen by the replicants.]]
* NiceGuy: To the point of GoodIsDumb. He goes out of his way to help the replicants out of the kindness of his heart, shelters them, gets them their coveted audience with Tyrell, and look what he gets out of it.
* NotSoDifferent: He agrees to help the replicants meet Tyrell because he's sympathetic to them from having a genetic disorder which gives him a shorter lifespan just like they have.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Has an ongoing game with Tyrell, who beats him regularly.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: ''The Edge Of Human'' said he just barely survived the movie.
* UnwittingPawn: Roy and Pris are just using him to get to Tyrell. [[spoiler:Sebastian doesn't realise this until it's too late to save Tyrell or himself.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Killed by Roy after gaining access to Tyrell's chambers.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Has Methuselah Syndrome. Because of this he ages faster and has a shorter life span, something he has in common with the replicants. He looks over fifty when he's in fact in his twenties

!Wallace Corporation

[[folder:Niander Wallace]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049wallace.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You do not know what pain is yet. You will learn."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JaredLeto
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Every civilization was built off the back of a disposable workforce, but I can only make so many."''

A manipulative Replicant manufacturer whose company perpetuates the work of Tyrell Corporation after buying its remnants. He managed to legalize the production of Replicants again in 2036.

* BeardOfEvil: He's the BigBad of ''2049'', and he sports a beard.
* BigBad: The main villain of ''2049'': Luv might do most of the heavy lifting, but she's acting on his orders.
* BringHimToMe: Used word-for-word by Wallace when he orders Luv to capture Deckard.
* ColdHam: While he never shouts or flails about, he is prone to long and self-important monologues full of religious metaphors and megalomaniacal lines. [[TropesAreTools This generally serves to make him seem even more creepy and unpredictable.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the previous film's BigBad Roy Batty. Roy was a Replicant who sought nothing more than freedom and a normal lifespan, and did pretty much all of his own dirty work. Wallace, on the other hand, is a human who favours the idea of engineering Replicants as a SlaveRace, and is a NonActionBigBad. In addition, Roy was blond, clean-shaven, and superhuman, while Wallace is dark-haired, bearded, and blind.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He made sure the production of Replicants became legal again in 2036 by unethical means. And he brought a whole new level of unethicality to Tyrell's experiments and products.
* {{Cyborg}}: He has robotic implants in his head, which help him to see using small hovering external cameras.
* EmperorScientist: He controls most of humanity's artificial food production, has undeniable political influence and lives in the pyramid than was once Tyrell's home, which still towers over Los Angeles.
* EmptyEyes: As a result of being blind.
* EvilCounterpart: Tyrell was hardly a saint but he had some affection toward his Replicants and in a twisted way saw himself as their father. Wallace sees himself as a god that gives and takes life of his creations on a whim.
* EvilCripple: A blind MadScientist with a god complex and complete disregard for the life of his creations or that of the people who will stand in his way.
* EvilIsHammy: He tends to have lengthy, philosophical monologues in every one of his appearances, often in a monotone with exaggerated annunciation.
* EvilWearsBlack: He's dressed entirely in black.
* EyeScream: Whatever made him blind left numerous scars around his eyes.
* AGodAmI: He seems to have delusions of godhood, given how he compares Replicants to angels and refers to divine creation.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Although his plans do get foiled and he loses his right-hand woman at the end of ''2049'', he himself is left largely untouched, and nothing's stopping him from opposing Deckard and the rebelling Replicants again at a later date.]]
* KickTheDog: He slashes a 'newborn' Replicant in the lower abdomen with her eventually dropping and dying of bloodloss, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment just to wax philosophically about his Replicant's inability to reproduce]].
** Later, when his attempt to [[spoiler: tempt Deckard with a new Rachel fails]] he doesn't hesitate to direct Luv to shoot [[spoiler: her]] right in the head.
** In ''2036: Nexus Dawn'', he orders one of his Nexus-9 Replicants to kill himself to prove how subservient this line is.
* MadScientist: Reprised Tyrell's work to create stronger, more ruthless and more servile Replicants and made their lifespan unlimited. He always compares his work to divine creation. [[spoiler:He is also obsessed with finding the secret of the reproduction of Replicants, which Tyrell apparently did find before dying, as Rachael gave birth.]]
* MeaningfulName: Niander, which literally means "new man", but also evokes "neanderthal". In other words he's both progenitor of a new species, and just a caveman who wants to crudely dominate.
* MegaCorp: His high tech company bought out the now-bankrupt Tyrell Corporation and produces virtually all of Earth's artificial food supply as well as the new Nexus-9 Replicants and "entertainment" technologies like the Joi A.I.
* NonActionBigBad: Doesn't throw a single punch and doesn't fire a single shot throughout the duration of the movie. Justified since he's blind.
* RedRightHand: He is blind and his eyes make him look appropriately eerie.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Mourns that humanity lost its taste for slaves unless they are engineered, implying he wouldn't care if his disposable workforce were humans or Replicants as long as they are his assets.
* SoftSpokenSadist: His voice never raises above a soft register, whether he is waxing philosophic or threatening ColdBloodedTorture. [[spoiler: He also doesn't miss a beat during his soliloquy when he eviscerates a newborn Replicant with a scalpel.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:He never meets K in the film, and never gets in harm's way either.]]
* VisionaryVillain: His ultimate aim for humanity to built an interstellar empire instead of the mere nine offworld colonies they have at present. However to do this would require a vast number of replicants as a disposable labor force, which can only be achieved through breeding as well as manufacturing.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His company saved humanity by producing artificial food after nuclear fallouts of the 2022 Black Out crisis caused massive plants and animals extinctions. As a result and because he managed to legalize Replicants again in 2036, nobody questions the resumption and expansion of Tyrell's unethical works by his company.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to see humanity prosper by expanding their offworld colonization efforts, but his plan relies on breeding billions of replicants to serve as cheap and expendable slave labor.

[[folder:Luv]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049luv.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"WHERE IS HE?!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Sylvia Hoeks
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A Nexus-9 Replicant, Niander Wallace's assistant and right-hand woman.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:She could have easily killed K when she ambushed him and Deckard but instead chooses to leave him to die. This gives him a chance to kill her later]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Like Wallace, she strongly contrasts Roy Batty; physical differences aside (Roy was a blond man, Luv is a dark haired woman), Roy was very much his own man, [[spoiler:even killing his own creator]], while Luv is Wallace's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] [[TheDragon Dragon]]. She also lacks Roy's philosophical nature and emotional attachments, proving to be more of a blunt instrument and sadistic killing machine.
* CoolGuns: Her [[http://www.imfdb.org/images/b/bf/BR20491.jpeg double-barrelled blaster pistol]].
* DarkActionGirl: She qualifies as this, being Wallace's enforcer.
* DeadpanSnarker: She gradually starts developping into this as the movie unfolds.
* TheDragon: To Wallace. He even calls her his best Angel.
* EmotionlessGirl: Subverted. Wallace designed the Nexus-9 Replicants to be completely emotionless and subservient, but while Luv maintains a dispassionate appearance, she can get quite emotional really quick to the point of near irrationality.
* FatalFlaw: Pride. She's desperate to prove herself as superior [[spoiler:to the point she leaves Joe on the brink of death twice just to make sure he understands she is 'the best', and it ends up getting her killed.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: She jokes around with her victims, but it only serves to underline her ruthlessness as she tortures and kills them.
* FluffyTheTerrible: A ruthless, dangerous DarkActionGirl named "Luv".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Introduced as a non-action, administrative-type (not unlike Rachael to Tyrell in the original film), Luv nonetheless has to manually move a ''very'' large and heavy industrial door sealing the old archives when the hydraulics seize up. This alludes to her physical capabilities as a Nexus-9 that will be showcased later in the film.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: A possible version; Luv mentions that people assume the Nexus-9 CannotTellALie, [[spoiler:but Luv states she's going to tell her boss that she killed Joshi in self-defense, right before she stabs the unarmed woman to death]].
* TheHeavy: She has more screentime than Niander Wallace, tracks K down up to [[spoiler:Deckard's hideout and fights K to the death at the end.]]
* KickTheDog: She [[spoiler:crushes Joi's emitter, effectively killing her]], for no real reason other than pure cruelty.
* KnifeNut: Aside from her gun, she uses a retractable switchblade.
* MadeOfIron: Being a Replicant, she can take quite a beating.
* NotSoStoic: She tries to remain composed, especially around Wallace, but she silently cries in their first scene. By the half-way point of the movie her temperamental persona slips.
* NumberTwo: She's Wallace's main henchwoman.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She starts off as WomanInWhite, but eventually adds black and red to her outfit.
* RoboticPsychopath: More than capable of putting up the urbane replicant front, while in reality a sadistic murderer.
* UndyingLoyalty: Wallace conceived her Replicant line to be completely subservient.
* VillainousCheekbones: A female example.
* VillainousCrush: Hinted at toward K, given her comments about him and her TakeThatKiss to him near the end.
* VillainousRescue: Luv saves K's life by using a remote-controlled drone to blast the scavengers who attack him in the giant dump yard, to ensure he finds important clues to lead her to what Wallace wants.

[[folder:The "Angel"]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nexusdawnreplicant.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Set Sjöstrand
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]''

A Nexus-9 Replicant Niander Wallace uses to demonstrate the line's perfect subservience to a group of lawmakers in 2036 in order to legalize the production of Replicants again.

* ExpendableClone: Wallace has no problem sacrificing a Replicant to make a point. Replicants are simply tools for Wallace, their life has no value for him in the pursuit of his megalomaniacal projects for the future of Earth.
* AGlassInTheHand: He shatters a glass to take a shard to mutilate himself, then kill himself, all on Wallace's order.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Deliberately and gruesomely subverted. Wallace demonstrates that the Nexus-9 are completely subservient compared to the previous models by ordering this Replicant (who follows his orders implicitly) to make a choice — kill Wallace or kill himself. The Replicant grabs a shard of glass, and when Wallace tells him to make a choice ("Do this now."), slashes his own throat without hesitation.
* KickTheDog: His death serves to establish Wallace's complete disregard for the life of Replicants.
* NoNameGiven: He is not named onscreen but Wallace refers to him as "an angel" to the lawmakers.
* SelfHarm: Cuts his own cheek with a shard of glass on Wallace's order.
* UndyingLoyalty: Wallace conceived Nexus-9 Replicants to be completely subservient, and demonstrates by ordering this Replicant to choose between killing him [Wallace] or committing suicide.

[[folder:[[spoiler: Rachael Copy]]]]

->'''Played by:''' Loren Peta (stand-in)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

[[spoiler: A copy Replicant of Deckard's [[LostLenore late love interest]], created by Niander Wallace in order to make Deckard cooperate more easily.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:She gets shot by Luv after Deckard refuses Wallace's offer to join him.]]
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Wallace admits that they can take Deckard offworld to be tortured, but he has more than pain to offer him. [[spoiler: Cue a Replicant in the form of his LostLenore Rachael EmergingFromTheShadows. When he refuses this 'gift', Luv shoots her in the head and Deckard is taken to the airport.]]
* ExpendableClone: [[spoiler:She's disposed of rapidly after Wallace finds out he created her for nothing.]]
* GildedCage: [[spoiler:She]] was created to provide company to Deckard while he's a prisoner of Wallace, and to make sure he will cooperate.
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: [[spoiler:The real Rachael had green eyes, but this one has brown eyes.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:She gets unceremoniously shot in the head by Luv after it's become clear Deckard won't fall for Wallace's GildedCage strategy to have him cooperate.]]

!Replicants

[[folder:Replicants in General]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/replicants_4.png]]

-->''"Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase - a being virtually identical to a human, known as a Replicant..."''
--->-- '''OpeningNarration of''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

Replicants are bioengineered androids invented by Eldon Tyrell. The Nexus series are virtually identical to adult humans, but have superior strength, speed, agility, resilience and intelligence to varying degrees, depending on the model.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Often don't know themselves if they're human or not and fans have debated for years about which Blade Runner characters are actually replicants.
* ArtificialHumans: They are androids made to look as human as possible.
* BornIntoSlavery: They are conceived to be slaves, and created as such.
* FantasticRacism: They are seen as dangerous by humans. "Skin-job" is a common insult for them.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Nexus-9 Replicants are supposed to be completely loyal to humans. In reality, like the past gen Replicants, they can develop empathy and their own agenda with enough time.
* HumanOutsideAlienInside: The books say the only way to physically tell the difference between a human and a replicant is to examine the bone marrow.
* InhumanableAlienRights: The replicants are allowed to be shot on sight.
* LackOfEmpathy: Their distinguishing feature. The Voight-Kampf test involves asking the subject pointed questions and gauging their emotional response. Ultimately, however, it's revealed that Replicants really do learn to empathize. Tyrell suggests that the reason for their limited lifespan is because if they lived too long they'd be indistinguishable from human beings. This is one of the biggest apparent diversions from the original book, in which Replicants are stated to have no empathy whatsoever and are compared to humanity's own growing lack of empathy; however, given Irmgard Baty's reaction to Isidore's FreakOut over a dead spider amongst other events depicted in the book, this is commonly considered an example of UnreliableNarrator and UnreliableExpositor.
** The Nexus-9 Replicants conceived by Niander Wallace completely lack of empathy. [[spoiler: Or so it seems]]
* ManChild: While the Nexus-6 models are adults both physically and mentally, they're still very childlike in their emotions, be it Pris's very whimsical behavior or Roy basically having a temper tantrum when [[spoiler:meeting Tyrell and killing his "father".]]
* MeaningfulName: As in "replicas" of human beings.
* OrganicTechnology: They have flesh, blood and bones.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Replicants are almost perfect in resemblance to regular humans, to the point where only a psychological test (or markings on the eyes for later models) can detect them.
* SlaveRace: Basically a new race created to serve humans, although they can't reproduce [[spoiler:(or so everyone thought).]]
* SuperStrength:
** Nexus-6 Replicants are built to be far more durable and stronger than human beings, at the cost of a reduced lifespan. In the climax, Roy Batty lifts up Deckard's entire body weight using only one hand [[spoiler:to save Deckard's life]].
** The following lines of Replicants (at the very least the Nexus-8 and Nexus-9 lines) retain such strength, but with the advantage of an unlimited lifespan.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Angry over their servitude (and over their intentionally limited lifespan for the Nexus-6 models).

!!!'''2019'''

[[folder:Roy Batty]]
[[quoteright:249:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blade-runner-1982-18-g_6064.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:249: ''"I've...seen things you people wouldn't believe..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RutgerHauer
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave."''

Roy Batty is the leader of the renegade Nexus-6 Replicants and the main antagonist of the first film. He is highly intelligent, fast, and skilled at combat, and yet still learning how to deal with developing emotions. With an A Physical Level (superhuman strength and endurance) and an A Mental Level (genius-level intellect), he is probably the most dangerous of all the fugitive replicants. He is a combat model, used off-world for military service. He and five other replicants come to Earth, hoping to find a way to lengthen their life span.

* AffablyEvil: Roy has a charming, philosophical exterior, on full display in his interactions with Pris, Chew, Tyrell, and, at the end of the film, Deckard. His charm can give way to a terrible capacity for violence at times, but his affability, when he shows it, is almost always genuine.
* AlasPoorVillain: His dying words to Deckard after saving his life, one of the most famous monologues in film history.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' has another version of him show up, claiming to be the human that the replicants were based on. We never find out if he was telling the truth or not.
* AntiVillain: He's a violent murderer, but he's also an escaped slave who just wants to live his life in peace. In the original ending, Deckard speculates that [[spoiler:Roy spared his life for no other reason than Roy's love for life. Though the canonicity of the voice-over is heavily debatable as it's been removed in subsequent versions of the film, most notably the Directors Cut. Another suggestion is that Batty's real motivation for the rescue is the desire for his life to be remembered.]]
* BadassLongcoat: He has a trenchcoat of his own to rival Deckard's, black leather as opposed to Deckard's brown, fitting his status as Deckard's {{foil}}.
* BigBad: Roy's quest for a greater lifespan is what triggers and drives the plot of the film.
* ClonesArePeopleToo: He wants more ''life'' ...Father.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Although nominally the BigBad, Roy's character arc gets just as much focus as Deckard's story, if not more.
* DoAndroidsDream: He convinces Tyrell he's just as intelligent as he is, but Tyrell tells him as sympathetically as possible that there's nothing he can do to prolong his life.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Roy is distraught over the deaths of Leon and Zhora, and genuinely loves Pris.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He calmly accepts his impending death and gives Deckard some parting words of wisdom.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Roy:''' All those moments will be lost in time... like tears... in rain. Time to die.]]
* FinalSpeech: One of the most famous ever: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."
* {{Foil}}: To Deckard. They both simultaneously struggle with a lack of humanity (Roy's status as a [[ArtificialHuman Replicant]] and the dehumanising nature of Deckard's job as a Blade Runner) and very human flaws (Roy's fear of death and Deckard's [[ShellShockedVeteran trauma]] over the brutality of what he does). Roy is charismatic and powerful, but childlike in some ways, whereas Deckard is outmatched by the Replicants, but much more emotionally mature. Their character arcs mirror each other throughout the film as both commit questionable, but understandable acts, and in the end, they both manage to reach a catharsis as a result of their conflict, with Roy discovering his humanity around the same time that Deckard rediscovers his own. Their appearances also strongly contrast each other (Roy's platinum-blond hair and black leather coat as opposed to Deckard's brown hair and brown trenchcoat), especially at the climax, which features a nearly-naked and flawless Roy and a battered and bloody Deckard.
* GeniusBruiser Both the smartest of the renegade Replicants and also very strong and agile.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like all of the Replicants, his goal is just to live a normal life instead of being a slave and dying before his time.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's very clever at using people for his own ends: Chew, Sebastian, and he tries hard to convince Tyrell to help him, but it doesn't work.
* NominalHero: Roy Batty and his gang are escaped slaves from deep space. The Blade Runners are bounty hunters who get money for gunning them down. A Blade Runner protagonist makes for an uneasy moral setting at best.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Kills Tyrell after being told by his creator that there's no way to have a longer lifespan.]]
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Under Roy Batty's guidance, Sebastian [[SurpriseCheckmate checkmates]] Tyrell in two moves.
* TheSpock: He normally controls his emotions very well, though he does fly into a rage at Tyrell, and has a emotional attachment to Pris.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to lift Deckard with one arm, at least.
* TragicVillain: All he and his gang want is to have normal lifespans and be free, but they can't have either.
* TransHuman: Being an artificial human who's been engineered to be better than the real thing, well..
* {{Ubermensch}}: He was intentionally created to be one, with a genius-level intellect. Philip K. Dick himself said Rutger Hauer was "the perfect Batty - cold, Aryan, flawless." Batty naturally becomes the leader of the escaped replicants.
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:Roy's final acts in life are to save Deckard's life and give a monologue about his amazing experiences and lamenting that the memory of them will die with him.]]
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Saves Deckard's life at the end just before he dies.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His blond, almost white hair and his past as a killer (he doesn't specify, but he said he's done ''questionable'' things).

[[folder:Priscilla "Pris" Stratton]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hanna-1_7926.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Then we're stupid, we'll all die."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DarylHannah
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"I think, Sebastian, therefore I am."''

A "basic pleasure model" Nexus-6 Replicant, Pris is the girlfriend of Roy Batty. At an A Physical Level, she is shown to have superhuman endurance (as in the scene where she grabs a boiling egg with her bare hand without harm). Her B Mental Level puts her at a lower intellectual level than Roy.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' says that she was actually an insane human who just thought she was a replicant. This is public knowledge and [[spoiler: Deckard is wanted for murder.]]
* DecoyDamsel: Uses her attractiveness on [[spoiler:Sebastian]] to convince him to get [[spoiler:Roy]] past Tyrell's security so he can meet him. [[spoiler:Although Roy later kills both Tyrell and a crying, guilt-ridden Sebastian once the bargain is complete.]]
* DarkChick: In personality. In terms of ranking, she's more of a [[TheDragon dragon]].
* DarkActionGirl: The villainous equivalent of Rachael, but more active.
* DeathCryEcho: She has a seizure and screams uncontrollably (with actual echoes in the building) when dying after being shot by Deckard.
* TheDragon: Deckard has to fight her before he encounters Roy.
* EightiesHair: She looks like she belongs in a 80s rock band.
* EvilAlbino Has white-blond hair like Roy.
* FemmeFatale: She seduces Sebastian into letting her and Roy stay at his apartment, then they end up murdering him.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Subverted. Pris is a "basic pleasure model" and uses her skills to win over JF. [[spoiler:However, it's a ruse to gain access to Tyrell.]]
* MurderousThighs: She tries to choke Deckard with her legs in one scene.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name isn't spoken.
* {{Sexbot}}: She's essentially a robot prostitute.
* SheFu: She's good at gymnastics and uses some acrobatic moves during her fight with Deckard, though not that it does her much good in the end.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Edge Of Human", Sebastian was able to fix her somehow even though the book says she's actually human.
%%* ZettaiRyouiki: Wears very 1980's stockings.

[[folder:Leon Kowalski]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leon_kowalski.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Wake up! Time to die!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Brion James
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"Painful to live in fear isn't it?! Nothing worse than an itch you can never scratch!"''

Leon Kowalski is a replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. He has an A physical level, which enables him to have superhuman strength and endurance (according to the Final Cut he was used as a 180 kg/400 lb nuclear-head loader in the outer space colonies as well as a front-line soldier). Leon is classified mental level C. He doesn't have the speed of thought that Roy does when it comes to solving problems.

* AvengingTheVillain: He tries to avenge [[spoiler:Zhora's]] death.
* AxCrazy: Much more violent and impulsive than his fellow replicants are.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears one just like Roy does.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a short goatee.
* BloodlessCarnage: When he's given a BoomHeadshot by Rachael, it just shows the hole in the front of his head, no blood.
* BoomHeadShot: Dispatched with a shot from Deckard's HandCannon, [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind by Rachael.]]
* TheBrute: The biggest and probably the strongest replicant.
* DumbMuscle: He was built for manual labor. During the briefing sequence, he's even given stats: Physical A, Mental C, making him the dumbest of the replicants. He displays SuperStrength on a few occasions. The script also called for him to do a CeilingCling, but it was left out.
** His limited mental capacity is most noticeable in the opening Voight-Kampff testing scene where as most Replicants require twenty-thirty questions, he gives himself away at the very first.
* EyeScream: Attempts this on Deckard by trying to shove his fingers through his eyesockets and into his brain.
* FamousLastWords: "Wake up, time to die."
* HiddenDepths: His final philophosical monologue to Deckard implies he's smarter than people or his fellow Replicants take him for.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to Deckard.
* PsychopathicManchild: His low intelligence and the nonsensical quips he gives during his fight with Deckard give him shades of this.
* SuperStrength: Was designed to carry heavy loads and fight at the front, and easily throws and slaps Deckard around like a ragdoll.
* UnstoppableRage: In his fight with Deckard. He gives him a serious beating before Rachael retires him.

[[folder:Zhora Salome]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhora.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Do you think I’d be working in a place like this if I could afford a real snake?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Joanna Cassidy
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

-->''"How do you mean 'exploited'?"''

Zhora is a replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. She has an A physical level and B mental level, just like Pris. She was originally used in murder squads, though she keeps a job as exotic dancer by the time Deckard comes for her.

* CombatPragmatist: Tries to choke Deckard out using his own tie.
* DeadpanSnarker: When Deckard, posing as a member of a committee on "moral abuses" asks Zhora if she has to do anything "lewd, unsavoury, or otherwise offensive to [her] person" to get her job, Zhora replies with a dry and incredulous "are you for real?".
* {{Determinator}}: Endures the first shot from Deckard's HandGun, which goes through her chest, and still tries to resume her escape.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Zhora wears a replicant snake as a fashion accessory.
* InformedAbility: Her file sets her up to be a dangerous killer. In a case of tragic irony, she is the only replicant to die [[spoiler: fleeing for her life instead of pursuing Decker, aside from Batty's last-minute decision to spare Decker's life before his own expiration.]]
* InTheBack: She is shot dead by Deckard while she is trying to run away.
* MsFanservice: It is her job.
* {{Sexbot}}: Downplayed: a robot exotic dancer in this case. Also subverted, because she wasn't presumably designed for such work, unless it was a part of her coverup skills as an assassin.
* SheFu: Averted, unlike Pris. Probably because Zhora is a trained fighter and Pris is not. She uses short-range strikes and chokes.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: A tall, dark-haired woman with a cold attitude.
* TattooedCrook: She is identified by a snake tattoo in her neck.

!!!'''2022'''

[[folder:Iggy / Cygnus]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iggy_5.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Jovan Jackson (English), Kenichiro Matsuda (Japanese)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''

A Nexus-8 combat[=/=]intelligence-gathering Replicant who went rogue after a battle on the planet of Kalathania. In the ''Black Out 2022'' anime, he teams up with an unlikely pair to "even the odds" against Replicants.
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* TheCavalry: Iggy shows up to save Trixie as she's being accosted by a group of human thugs in the back-streets of L.A. After eyeing them up for a few moments, he effortlessly dispatches them.
* EyeScream: The last we see of Iggy, he's striding through the wreckage and flames of the backup site, having plucked out his own eye (which identifies that he's a Replicant) and replaced it with an EyepatchOfPower.
* UnwittingPawn: Iggy's backstory shows him fighting on the deserts of Kalathania. When he guns down a soldier from the opposing side and realizes that it's a Replicant, he realizes that the government has replaced the human soldiers with synthetics, who don't know that they're fighting other synthetics. This motivates his decision to eventually go rogue and cause the blackout in 2022.
--> '''Iggy:''' Nothing more than toy soldiers in a sandbox.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trixie]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trixie_5.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LuciChristian (English), Ichiko Aoba (Japanese)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''

A female Replicant who decides to aid Iggy in his quest to "even the odds" for Replicants, via executing a plan that will plunge Los Angeles into darkness.
----
* DarkActionGirl: Trixie's innocent exterior belies a Replicant who can effortlessly take out an entire group of soldiers with deadly martial arts, coupled with a willingness to help Ren see his plan through by aiding Iggy at the archives.
* HoneyTrap: Implied, as Trixie appears to be helpless and alone the first time we see her (as the gang threatens her). In the next scene, she shows that she's more than capable of dispatching enemies, as she takes out a truck driver with [[MurderousThighs her thighs]] and late cuts down nearly all of the soldiers guarding the backup site [[OneWomanArmy on her own]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: When the duo reach the archives and drive in, she uses the door from the tanker-trailer like a projectile to kill one of the soldiers.
* OneWomanArmy: She massacres most of the soldiers guarding the archives and backup records by herself, effortlessly killing most of them via fatal kicks and punches.
* RuleOfSymbolism: As she launches herself through the air during the final fight scene, Trixie witnesses a dove flying overhead. [[spoiler:She is shot in midair directly after this and crashes into a sheet of glass in a crucifixion pose]].
* ShoutOut: Trixie has visual and symbolic similarities to nearly all of the Replicants in the original film. She witnesses a dove flying through the air, similar to how the dove symbolized Roy Batty's death. She has acrobatic moves (and MurderousThighs) like Pris. [[spoiler:She dies by being shot in midair, also like Pris, and she crashes into a pane of glass when she dies, just like Zhora]].
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Trixie is curious about love and death, asking Ren if he has any affection for her and later musing about whether Replicants will go to Heaven or Hell.
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2036-2049'''

[[folder:Sapper Morton]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sappermorton.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]]
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2048: Nowhere to Run]]'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A Nexus-8 Replicant disguising himself as a human farmer.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: His file is watched by Gaff and his colleague in ''Black Out 2022''. Apparently he came on Earth with Iggy/Cygnus after deserting the Replicant military on the space colony of Kalanthia.
* GentleGiant: He is a huge and bulky Replicant, and he is very sweet and protective with a girl and her mother in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like many Replicants who escaped servitude, he wants to live peacefully and free from human persecution.
* LongLived: His lifespan lasts much longer than the Nexus-6 Replicants of the first film. He was "born" in 2019 and is still around by 2049.
* NeckSnap: He does this to the last remaining thug in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He was one of the few people to witness what he calls a "miracle": a Replicant -- Rachael -- giving birth. Rachael was buried near a tree on his farm's land after her DeathByChildbirth in 2021. He kept this a secret ever since, knowing full well what people like Niander Wallace would do with it.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: As seen in ''Nowhere to Run'', his experiences as a combat medic have clearly left him with a case of PTSD.
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to NeckSnap a human effortlessly and shove K through a wall.
[[/folder]]

!Others

!!!'''2036'''

[[folder:The Magistrates]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magistratesbladerunner.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenedictWong, Ned Dennehy, Ania Marson, Ade Sapara
->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]''

-->''"The prohibition of Replicant technology is not subject to debate."''

A group of human lawmakers Niander Wallace has a meeting with in 2036 in order to convince them to legalize the production and use of his Nexus-9 Replicants.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: They are completely opposed to allowing any new wave of Replicants to be made... until Wallace gruesomely shows them how subservient his Nexus-9 line is.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: The magistrate played by Benedict Wong asks "What is this?!" to Wallace about the Replicant he brought with him (which Wallace then refers to as "an angel").
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2049'''

[[folder:Joi]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joibladerunner2049.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"I always told you. You're special."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnaDeArmas
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Your story isn't over yet. There's still a page left."''

K's virtual girlfriend, a holographic ArtificialIntelligence made by Wallace Corporation.
----
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Implied, as she tells K to wipe her from her home emitter and destroy the antenna of said emitter so Wallace Corporation won't be able to track him down.
** [[spoiler:Though it is shown that certain aspects of her that seemed very genuine were just part of her basic programming. For instance, her naming K "Joe" seems to be some part of her basic programming, as an ad for her that K encounters later calls him Joe as well, and her attempts to convince him that he really was Deckard's child come across as a bit hollow after we see the ad for her that says she will tell you what you want to hear. K wanted to be something more than a replicant, so she obeyed her programming and egged that fantasy on when he seemed to find proof of it. She really did love him, but a lot of her love was just part of the program.]]
* {{Hologram}}: She has no physical form, although her programming is advanced enough for her to have virtual rain falling on her when she's in the middle of a real rain outside. The holographic advertisement for the Joi line is a giant [[{{Fanservice}} naked]] purple version of her.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: She is a technological marvel, but the portable emitter is very sensitive and makes her glitch when shaken too violently, such as when K's car is attacked by scavengers in the giant dump yard of Los Angeles and crashes.
* {{Housewife}}: She takes on the appearance of a 1950s housewife when K serves himself his dinner, and K talks to her like a husband who comes back from his office job.
* KickTheDog: A tragic victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Luv]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:She was saying "I love y..." to K when Luv crushed her emitter.]]
* KissMeImVirtual: A romance developed between her and K.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The first notes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIi_q4bNZMM Peter's leitmotif]] from ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' play when she's activated.
* MeaningfulName: The "Joi" line has been conceived to bring the joys of a relationship to lonely people.
* MsFanservice: One of the purposes of her line InUniverse. So much so that the gigantic Joi holographic ads are naked.
* NiceGirl: She's a loving girlfriend to K.
* [[ProjectedMan Projected Woman]]: She manifests through a [[{{Hologram}} holographic projection]] inside K's apartment, and K buys a portable emitter so she can "follow" him everywhere.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: She is an A.I. with human-like feelings, to a much higher extent than the A.I. of the current-line replicants.
* RunningGag: Her LeitMotif turns into a minor one - every time it plays from K's pocket while he's out and about, everyone he's currently with immediately comments on him having a virtual girlfriend.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Her cruel and unnecessary "death" turns K's so far detached investigation into something [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon way more personal]].]]
* {{Sexbot}}: While obviously not conceived for physical sex, Joi's model is made by Wallace Corporation for lonely people who want to experience a relationship (including sharing feelings and intimate thoughts) and sure enough, [[{{Fanservice}} the giant purple holographic commercial of the Joi line is naked]]. Joi can synchronize with the body of a real woman for "physical" sex.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: She can change her clothing and appearance to match the personality she thinks her owner wants/needs at that particular time. Wholesome Fifties Housewife? Nightclub Party Girl?
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires Mariette for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and it doesn't bother her at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to his virtual girlfriend.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:She's the most lovable character in ''2049'', and she gets destroyed out of pure KickTheDog.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: She has a personality of her own and developed true feelings for K, and she's more than happy to accompany him through the emitter. [[spoiler:All of this makes her death pretty heartbreaking, when Luv crushes the emitter.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her billboard version.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Ana Stelline]]
->'''Played by:''' Carla Juri
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

The memories creator of the Nexus-9 line Replicants. Her immunodeficiency forced her to live her entire life sealed from the outside world. The disease also barred her from travelling into space.
----
* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler:Possibly. In addition to the travails of her parents, it's never been entirely clear if Rachael used the ''genetic'' template of Tyrell's niece in addition to the memories; ''[=BR1=]'' implies it, as always, but doesn't outright state it. If she did, then in a real sense, the long-deceased Tyrell is her grand-uncle.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Can come across as a bit of one, given her propensity for working on holograms while speaking to people and walking about [[DoesNotLikeShoes completely unshod]] while she works.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Doesn't seem to bother with shoes in her enclosure.
* FakeMemories: She creates them to make Replicants more "human".
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Her mother is a Replicant, while her father is... well, Deckard's [[RiddleForTheAges whatever the hell he is]].]]
* IllGirl: She has an extreme immunodeficiency that confines her to sterile environments. [[spoiler:Well, in theory, at least. She believes it herself.]]
* ImprobableAge: Played with; she's made up to look and come across as rather young, although Carla Juri was about 30 at time of filming, which isn't too improbable for a doctorate [[spoiler:and would also put her just about bang in line with how old Ana should be in 2049 if she was born in 2021]]. ''However'', given how long Wallace has been making Nexus-9s and the flow of the conversation between K and Ana, it seems like Ana has been working for Wallace for almost as long as the Nexus-9s have been in production, which is a decade or more. That'd mean Ana got her doctorate at around ''twenty years old or younger''.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: She's Rick and Rachael's daughter.]]
* NiceGirl: She's very friendly and soft-spoken towards K.
* ThePollyanna: Despite her circumstances, she's very friendly and nearly always smiling. It's left somewhat ambiguous if this involves any StepfordSmiler tendencies or if all her happiness is genuine.
* SafetyWorst: Her immunodeficiency became apparent at a young age, leading her parents to isolate her in sterility, a practice that has continued into adult life. [[spoiler: It is possible that this is just a cover to prevent people from getting near to her and learning that she's a replicant's child, though it's ''also'' possible it's just a side effect of her previously-impossible biology; the film naturally leaves this ambiguous]].
* StepfordSmiler: ''Maybe''; in true ''Blade Runner'' tradition, it's left ambiguous enough to call either way. At most, one gets the impression she would rather like to get out of her bubble and see the world (understandably).
* TransferableMemory: She conceives [[spoiler:(or transfers her own)]] memories for Replicants. [[spoiler:Her memories of the wooden horse ended up in K's mind.]]
* WomanInWhite: Perhaps by choice, but more likely a consequence of her being confined to a sterile, almost exclusively white environment since she was a little girl.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mariette]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mariette.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Mackenzie Davis
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A human prostitute who takes a liking to K. [[spoiler:She's actually an agent of the Replicant [[LaResistance resistance]].]]
----
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Her skin, face and, in fact, her entire body are astoundingly flawless for a hooker who lives, works, and probably grew up in the filth-ridden slums of one of the most famous {{Wretched Hive}}s in movie history.
* EnigmaticMinion: It's clear from the outset that there's more to her than meets the eye. [[spoiler:Then ultimately subverted when she turns out to be working for the good guys, or at least as close as someone in this setting can get to being considered "good".]]
* HoneyTrap: She and two more hookers are sicced on K by a mysterious woman in her very first appearance. [[spoiler:Initially subverted when the others leave out of disgust about what he is, and she herself walks away after [[RunningGag she notices K has a virtual girlfriend]]. Then [[DoubleSubversion subverted again]] when she shows up a second time on Joi's invitation, and this time she goes through with it. ''[[RuleOfThree Then]]'' she subverts it a third time when her undercover actions end up saving K's life later on because she's actually one of the good guys/girls.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She's the second-nicest character in the film right after Joi, who's incidentally the only one she treats a bit nastily. Most tellingly, she completely averts the rampant FantasticRacism against replicants by [[spoiler:taking a liking to K right off the bat despite knowing what he is. Plus the "being part of the replicant resistance" thing, naturally]]
* MsFanservice: Being a prostitute, it's part of the job.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is a human that is working with a replicant freedom movement]].
* NiceGirl: Yep.
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires her for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and doing this doesn't bother Joi at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to her.
[[/folder]]

!Blade Runners and L.A.P.D.

!!!'''2019'''

[[folder:Rick Deckard]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/deckard.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Replicants are like any other machine, they're either a benefit or a hazard. If they're a benefit, it's not my problem."'']]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049deckard_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"I had your job once. I was good at it."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/HarrisonFord
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"I've had people walk out on me before, but not when I was being so charming."''

A "Blade Runner", a special member of the Los Angeles Police Department whose job is to hunt and "retire" replicants which have been declared illegal on Earth.

Deckard has gone missing between 2019 and 2049, hiding in a dilapidated and empty Las Vegas.

!!Tropes for Deckard in ''Blade Runner'':

* ActionSurvivor: While Deckard has the definite reputation of a MemeticBadass, he shows monumental difficulty in his fights against the replicants. A JustifiedTrope, as they are top of the line, highly advanced Cyborgs with three designed for military use. Meanwhile, Deckard has drinking problems and tired of his job by the time they meet. Not to mention, Deckard's reputation [[spoiler:may just be implanted memories[[note]]Which has the effect of turning his ability as a Blade Runner into a bit of an InformedAbility, as if he actually ''is'' a replicant himself, he should be just as capable as they are - there's no way a replicant Blade Runner would have some sort of "keep your abilities within human norms" inhibitor, the whole point is for him to be equally capable[[/note]].]]
* TheAlcoholic: It's much faster to count the scenes in which Deckard ''isn't'' drinking. And if you can still drink with a split lip, then you are an überholic. This goes right toward Deckard as a FilmNoir detective. Notice also that Bryant ''never'' drinks: he pours two glasses while discussing the skin-jobs loose on the street, but never touches his glass, just watches while Deckard drinks his. Later, he tells him "Drink some for me, huh?". The implication is that he is an alcoholic in recovery and derives vicarious pleasure from watching others drink, but won't drink himself.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: The original movie implies that he ''might'' be a replicant as one of its central themes. There's plenty of evidence either way. And the sequel [[RiddleForTheAges does little to actually resolve said mystery]], [[spoiler:with Wallace even openly discussing the possibility that he could be a replicant in their encounter... but may just be screwing with Deckard's head]].
* AntiHero: Deckard isn't the most likeable of guys, and his job of executing the AmbiguouslyHuman replicants is ambiguously moral.
* BadassLongcoat: Deckard's single-breasted brown trenchcoat, which he wears in almost every scene he's in, has become so iconic you can easily find replicas of it online. As well as giving him the classic HardboiledDetective look, it's practical in a city where it [[CyberpunkWithAChanceOfRain never stops raining.]]
* BornLucky: Luck is what ultimately saves him from the Replicants: he would have been killed by Zhora had witnesses not stepped in, by Leon had Rachael [[BigDamnHeroes not intervened]], and Roy if he hadn't [[VillainousRescue taken pity on him]].
* CoolGuns: Which is both futuristically devastating and old-school looking.
* DefectiveDetective: Not only is he plagued with self-loathing and doubt, he becomes increasingly unsure that his role as a Blade Runner is ethical, [[spoiler:and eventually becomes a fugitive with Rachael.]]
* HardboiledDetective: He is more of a deconstruction, being an AntiHero with some serious psychological conflicts.
* InformedAbility: Despite being described by Bryant as pretty much the ultimate Blade Runner, Deckard doesn't look particularly competent nor proficient, and much less a badass by any stretch of the term. His two kills in the entire movie are women that he shot in the back, including one who was fleeing from him, and his fights with Leon and Roy involve him getting curbstomped until Rachael saves him or his opponent discovers his humanity, respectively.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Deckard is prone to this. Whenever he gets into a fight with any of the replicants, he takes one hell of a beating.
* NotSoBadassLongcoat: As cool as that coat makes him look, as said above, Deckard definitely is not a badass.
* OneLastJob: Bryant convinces him to come out of retirement on the grounds that he's the most capable man who's available at the time. He grudgingly agrees to do it.
* PermaStubble: He ''is'' a noirish AntiHero played by Creator/HarrisonFord, after all--it's basically part of the uniform. The film takes place over the course of several nights, and he doesn't stop to shave.
* PragmaticHero: His methods are questionable, but he takes no pleasure in killing and feels genuine remorse for his targets.
* PunchClockHero: He doesn't particularly like his job as a police officer who's more or less a bounty hunter. His reason for taking on the assignment in the film is as a favour to Bryant and [[BecauseImGoodAtIt because he's the best man for the job]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: Gets the shakes after killing Replicants. [[spoiler:It's probably the reason he left the police.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ramen noodles.

!!Tropes for Deckard in ''Blade Runner 2049'':

* AdvertisedExtra: Trailers and posters made no secret of his presence in the film. He only appears in the third act however.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: The movie doesn't bother addressing the debate whether Deckard is a LongLived Replicant or not. Screenwriter Hampton Fancher and Harrison Ford himself have always considered him as human.
** Still, [[spoiler:Wallace]] implies that [[spoiler:Deckard was meant to fall in love with Rachel some 30-ish years ago, suggesting that he may have been, indeed, a Replicant from the very start.]]
* BadassBookworm: Suggested. He's spent much of the 30 year gap between films reading and learned how to set traps, keep bees, and run all sorts of surveillaince technology.
* BadassGrandpa: Even in his 70s he's still capable of throwing a punch or two, and he survived on his own in the ruins of Las Vegas for the last couple of decades.
* BornLucky: His luck continues in ''2049'', where K saves his life multiple times. [[spoiler:And he is ultimately being able to reunite with his daughter.]]
* CallToAgriculture: He turned to beekeeping, as bees apparently can survive in post-nuclear black out Las Vegas.
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Deckard has aged almost as much as Harrison Ford -- the character is 30 years older while ''2049'' comes out 35 years after the original.
* CoolGuns: He still uses his old [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/(Blade_Runner)_-_LAPD_2019_Blaster LAPD blaster]].
* GloryDays: He tells K he had the same job as him once, and that he was good at it.
* TheHermit: He chose to live isolated in the GhostTown Las Vegas has become.
* LovingDetails: [[spoiler:Fondly recalls how Rachael had green eyes when a brown-eyed Replicant clone of Rachael is brought to him by Wallace as an attempt to make him cooperate.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:At the end, K brings him to his daughter, Ana Stelline.]]
* TrapMaster: He set up various explosive traps inside the abandoned Las Vegas casino in which he lives.

[[folder:Eduardo Gaff]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blade-runner-gaff_7991.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"It's too bad she won't live! But then again who does?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner'' | ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Lófaszt! Nehogy már! Te vagy a Blade, Blade Runner!"''[[note]]"Horsedick! No way! You're the Blade, Blade Runner.[[/note]]

An enigmatic officer in the L.A. police department who detains Deckard, and fills the role of his 'partner' of sorts on Deckard's quest for the Nexus-Six replicants.

* BadassLongcoat: He wears one.
* TheCameo: [[spoiler: He makes a brief reappearance in ''2049'', when K tracks him down to a retirees' home to learn more about Deckard.]]
* ClassyCane: Carries one, likely due to his noticeable limp.
* CreepyBlueEyes: As seen in the image, his eyes are pretty distinctive and give him an otherwordly look.
* CreepyGood: He seems to be on Deckard's side [[spoiler:about Rachael]] at the end of the film, and there is nothing to indicate that Gaff is not a dutiful cop, but his weird appearance and traits, mixed with his seemingly snarky attitude, make him vaguely unsettling.
* DeadpanSnarker: [[TheQuietOne While he doesn't speak a whole lot]], a few scenes ''do'' have Gaff seem like he is silently mocking Deckard. It could just be he doesn't like him all that much, but it's really hard to say given how little we see or know about him. He also manages to get some snark in via origami, of all things, making a model of a chicken and of a man sporting a huge erection as commentary on Deckard's state of mind at the time. [[spoiler: He's still at it in the sequel.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Again, Gaff doesn't talk that much, [[SourSupporter and he doesn't seem particularly enthusiastic about helping Deckard on his mission.]] Given the nature of this movie, this has lead to a great deal of WildMassGuessing as to what role exactly he plays in the movie's narrative.
* HiddenDepths: In a deleted scene from the DVD aptly named "A Real Dandy", Deckard mentions that Gaff is new in the police station and hungry for promotion. This is never addressed in the actual film, however, so it is probably not canon.
* NiceHat: A fedora, in line with the noir setting of the film.
* TheQuietOne: What is not spoken in LA's futuristic 'Cityspeak' dialect ([[WordOfGod which Olmos has confirmed to be an offshoot of Hungarian mixed with several other languages]], [[FridgeBrilliance mainly born of cultural convergence within the future city of L.A.]]) is spoken through his [[RuleOfSymbolism origami figurines.]] And those open up a whole bunch of EpilepticTrees all by themselves...
* SecretKeeper:
** [[spoiler:Whatever else is debatable, Gaff is ''strongly'' implied to know about Rachael, but for some reason, lets her and Deckard escape together. [[PetTheDog It could have been a moment of compassion on Gaff's part, since he knows Rachael will not live past her expiration date...]][[note]]Hence his last line, "It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?"[[/note]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation or it could be his motive is more sinister, or quite simply he knows something we don't.]]]]
** [[spoiler:In the voice over of the theatrical cut, Deckard explains that Gaff was gunning for his job and wouldn't raise too much of a fuss if Deckard just took off later. This is borne out when Gaff looks the other way while Deckard and Rachael leave.]]
** As of 2049, [[spoiler:in his brief cameo Gaff maintains his loyalty, as it were, to Deckard by lying about his death.]]
* SharpDressedMan: As noted above, he has a definitely interesting-looking appearance. Bonus points for wearing a flower on his jacket in one scene.
* SmugSnake: So very much.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Downplayed. He doesn't stick out very much in a futuristic city in which fashion tends to be outrageous, but compared to Deckard, Bryant and the rest of the sternly dressed police department, Gaff's choices of attire are quite eccentric, and still nobody points it out.

[[folder:Captain Harry Bryant]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bryant.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"I need ya, Deck. This is a bad one, the worst yet. I need the old Blade Runner, I need your magic."'']]
->'''Played by:''' M. Emmet Walsh

-->''"Stop right where you are! You know the score pal! If you're not a cop, you're little people."''

Rick Deckard's former supervisor from his time as a Blade Runner, who calls him in for OneLastJob.

* DaChief: An Inspector in the LAPD who appears to be in charge of Blade Runner units. Deckard does not appear to like or respect him very much.
* DirtyCop: Very minor case. For whatever reason he is clearly keen on no one else finding out about the Replicants being on Earth. Though that might well be simply because of pressure from his superiors.
* FatBastard: Is noticeably overweight and forces Deckard to hunt the Replicants with thinly-veiled threats.
* {{Jerkass}}: Pulls Deckard in with both threats on him and compliments on his killing ability. He doesn't really grasp that Deckard is clearly mentally struggling with the job, and probably wouldn't care.
* MrExposition: He explains the situation regarding the Nexus-6 Replicant fugitives on Earth to Deckard, and thus to the audience. He is also the first character in the film to mention that said Replicants have a limited lifespan of four years.

[[folder:Dave Holden]]
[[quoteright:280:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/holden_2.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:280: ''"Describe in single words only the good things that come into your mind about...your mother."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Morgan Paull
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

-->''"You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down."''

Another "Blade Runner". It was originally his job to retire the Nexus-Six replicants who defected to Earth. His task is cut short when Leon shoots Holden and leaves him for dead. So the task ultimately falls to Deckard.

* AlmostDeadGuy: Bryant mentions that Holden is alive, so long as nobody "unplugs him", implying he's on life support (confirmed in deleted scenes where he imparts knowledge to Deckard).
* AmbiguouslyHuman: In ''The Edge Of Human'', Roy Batty tells him that he and all other blade runners are actually replicants, Batty even shows him a female version of himself. He discusses the idea with Deckard at the end and they have no idea if Batty was lying or not.
* ArtificialHuman: ''Possibly.'' A deleted scene shows Bryant and Gaff watching footage of him and Deckard talking from their direct VOP - ''suggesting the Bladerunners have cameras in their heads''.
* BadassInANiceSuit: In contrast to Deckard's private eye longcoat look, Holden is neatly groomed and well-dressed in a business suit. Visually, this has the effect of making him look more like a classic straight-laced LAPD detective from a cop show while Deckard would be more fitting in a noir story.
* BreakThemByTalking: He takes the Voight-Kampff test to a whole new level of psychological torment by giving rhetorical and loaded questions. Telling Leon he was allowing an overturned turtle to suffer a prolonged death in agony, and was unwilling to help. Leon's heart-rate by this point is [[MindRape sky-rocketing]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Very much so. He was testing new employees at the Tyrell Corporation on the premise that they might try to infiltrate the company. Interviewing dozens of employees all day long, with no results, [[BullyingTheDragon made him quite irritable with Leon]].
* InformedAbility: He's a Blade Runner, a police officer trained to find and kill Replicants trying to pass as humans, and the first name Decker throws out when he suggests someone else to deal with the case. The moment he finds one (using a test designed specifically for the purpose), he's taken by surprise and gunned down by the suspect. But then again, if he'd been at it running the tests for a while, he may have gotten careless due to fatigue.
* SmokingIsCool: Well it is futuristic Film Noir.

!!!'''2049'''

[[folder:Officer K / "Joe" / [[spoiler: KD6-3.7]]]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049k.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RyanGosling

A Blade Runner who tracks down and eliminates pre-Nexus-9 Replicants (as only the latter models are legal on Earth due to their perfect subservience). In 2049, he unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos, and that discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, who has been missing for 30 years.

[[spoiler:[[HunterOfHisOwnKind K is also a current-gen Replicant]], officially known as "[=KD6-3.7=]".]].

* BadassLongcoat: His shearling leather jacket surely looks cool. And he's a way more badass Blade Runner than Deckard was in his day.
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Compared to the burnt out, semi-retired Deckard, K is still very active on the job, as well as much more effective. [[spoiler:Also, unlike the AmbiguouslyHuman Deckard, the question of K's humanity is definitively answered; he's unquestionably a Replicant.]]
* CoolGuns: He uses what appears to be a [[http://www.figures.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DSCN8700.jpg modernized version]] of the LAPD blaster.
* DentedIron: He takes an absolutely grueling amount of punishment over the course of the film (which itself maybe covers a week) and by the end it's starting to catch up with him.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He spends his final moments in the film ensuring that Deckard can meet his daughter, before calmly staring into the sky as the wounds he sustained fighting Luv continue to bleed. The film cuts just before we see if he bleeds out for good or not, but it's not looking good.]]
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:Due to K's status as a late-gen Replicant, people throw slurs at him like "skinjob" as he walks past. Even the other Replicants hates his guts for being a Blade Runner type Replicant]]. He himself views Tyrell Replicants as defective.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Well, first five minutes spoiler. He is established to [[spoiler:be a Replicant]] early on, a fact which was left out of marketing.
* HealingFactor: Appears to be one of the benefits of [[spoiler: being a late generation Replicant, as demonstrated during a brief scene in which he treats a deep stab wound with nothing more than what looks like a small tube of super glue. The wound closes up completely after only a couple of seconds and doesn't trouble him again for the rest of the film.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: [[spoiler:He is an advanced Replicant that is employed as a Blade Runner. He initially rationalizes this by claiming that the older models are defective, whereas he is obedient to the LAPD.]]
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: [[spoiler:He spends a good portion of the movie thinking he might be the missing half-Replicant child of Deckard and Rachael.]] [[spoiler:He isn't.]]
* MadeOfIron: He can take quite a lot of punishment. [[spoiler:Being a Replicant helps.]]
* MeaningfulName: Combining his common name with Joi's nickname for him gives you Joe K, as in Josef K from Creator/FranzKafka's ''The Trial.''
* MrFanservice: Often shot at flattering angles and lighting, with many a lingering shot of his silhouette in that [[BadassLongcoat awesome trenchcoat]], and plenty of lingering shots of his [[WhatBeautifulEyes pretty blue eyes]]. [[ChickMagnet No less than five women hit on him]], too, all quite blatantly. Also, it's ''Creator/RyanGosling''.
* NotSoStoic: The only time he shows extreme emotion is [[spoiler:after being able to confirm that his memories are truly real memories.]] Prior to that he [[spoiler: hesitates and shows signs of remorse when his soulless nature is commented on, or is genuinely surprised by Joi's actions.]]
* OneLetterName: He's commonly known as "K", although Joi decides to call him "Joe". [[spoiler:His full Replicant designation is [=KD6-3.7=]]].
* PermaStubble: Sports a solid one.
* PhotographicMemory: He has one [[spoiler: since he's a Replicant.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Even though he is apparently a replicant, he has memories which turn out to be very real making him think that perhaps he was the son of Deckard and Rachel somehow. It turns out that he is not their child and just one of many replicants who received those memories. The memories belonged to the woman who creates the fake memories for replicants to have.]]
* SuperStrength: Like all [[spoiler:other Nexus-9 Replicants]]. Exemplified when he easily rams through a marble wall blocking his path.
* TheStoic: He's generally quite calm and composed.
* TransferableMemory: [[spoiler:He is aware that he had no "childhood" so to speak and that the few memories he has of a childhood are someone else's. Then he finds the small wooden horse in the old depleted furnace and starts believing he is Deckard's/Rachael's son. Only to find out he isn't, Rachael had a daughter actually. The memories of hiding the wooden horse were hers.]]
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: The last shot that we've seen of him is K lying down peacefully in the snow as the wounds he received from fighting Luv continue to bleed, but it's not clear if he ultimately dies from his wounds.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Due to K's status as a Replicant, a fact which wasn't revealed in the marketing itself. The film does explain this early on, however]].

[[folder:Lieutenant Joshi]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049joshi.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"What you saw didn't happen. It is our job to keep order."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RobinWright
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"If this gets out, we've bought ourselves a war!"''

K's LAPD superior.

* AGlassInTheHand: [[spoiler: How Luv tortures her. Joshi doesn't give in, but it's obvious that she's in agonizing pain as Luv's grip grows tighter and tighter.]]
* TheAlcoholic: She's often seen with a glass in hand. Considering the stress and responsibilities of her job, it's understandable.
* BorrowedBiometricBypass: [[spoiler:After killing Joshi, Luv finds out there's a facial recognition security system on Joshi's PC, and lifts the dead body of the police officer and places Joshi's face in front of the system's facial detector to get through it. Then she callously lets Joshi's body fall on the ground.]]
* DaChief: She berates K on several instances.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Despite Luv torturing her by crushing her hand (with a broken glass in it), Joshi doesn't reveal anything to the Replicant.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Luv calmly tells her that she's going to kill her, and Joshi responds in kind, telling her to do what she has to do.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Captain Bryant; they serve similar roles in the story, but unlike the slovenly and manipulative SmugSnake Bryant, whom Deckard has little respect for, Joshi is well-groomed and reasonable, and K holds her in genuine esteem.
* MarriedToTheJob: It's implied her job makes her just as lonely as K is; while in K's apartment Joshi implies that things [[ButLiquorIsQuicker might go a bit further if she helps herself to his bottle]]. K pretends not to notice the hint and she leaves quickly.
* AMotherToHerMen: When K fails his baseline she could have him legally killed, but she dismisses his guards and lets him go, so he can get his act together for the next baseline test (or run for it, though she doesn't say that of course). When Luv turns up demanding his location, she refuses to help her whatsoever [[spoiler:even under torture.]]
* PowerHair: Wears her short blonde hair slicked back in a tight gel haircut.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She has DaChief traits but also recognizes when K does things right. She wants K to assassinate a natural-born replicant, but sees this as a NecessaryEvil to stop chaos and destruction from a replicant/human war.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:She gets killed by Luv, showing the extent to which Niander Wallace is willing to go to find Deckard's secret.]]
* ShipTease: She is interested in K and even make a pass at him during the film, he declines.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She orders K to find and kill the born Replicant to avoid a war between replicants and humans and maintain a statu quo. [[spoiler: She is right as the Replicants aware of the child are readying a revolution.]]

[[folder:Coco]]

->'''Played by:''' David Dastmalchian

A LAPD forensic officer.

* AssholeVictim: His racism toward Replicants, to the point he nonchalantly calls them baby eaters, makes it hard to sympathize with him when he dies.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He stumbles into [[spoiler:Luv stealing Rachel's bones]] at the morgue. He gets distracted by a fake document just long enough for [[spoiler: Luv to hit him in the back of the head. This isn't [[NeckSnap instantly fatal]]. It leaves his neck broken and jammed into a 90 degree angle, choking in his own blood, and bleeding from most orifices in his head.]]
* FantasticRacism: He makes a slur about "skin-jobs", [[spoiler:although he does apologise, if somewhat half-heartedly, for making the remark in front of K.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He appears in two scenes, and gets killed in the second one.]]

!Tyrell Corporation

[[folder:Dr. Eldon Tyrell]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tyrell.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Commerce, is our goal here at Tyrell. "More Human than Human" is our motto."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Joe Turkel
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy."''

Dr. Eldon Tyrell is the genius who has built up the [[MegaCorp large]] Tyrell Corporation. He is the creator of the Replicants.

* AdaptationNameChange: His last name was ''Rosen'' in [[Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep original novel]].
* AffablyEvil: At best he's morally grey, but he befriends Deckard quickly and treats Roy with respect, even though Roy had invaded his home to make his demands.
* AnimalMotifs: Owls. His company's logo is an owl and he keeps a (Replicant) Owl in his offices. His large glasses give him an owl-like appearance and he is a holder of knowledge like owls are often portrayed as.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: His creations seem to disagree with the ethics of creating sapient beings that are doomed to a short life of hard labour.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:In combination with this, he gets his head crushed by Roy.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Delves into academic studies with Batty who is desperate to extend his 4-year lifespan. Even with intelligence that matches his creator's, both come to the same conclusion. Any attempt to chemically or biologically alter the artificial DNA code of a replicant causes an error in mitosis, its cells all start to go viral, [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath killing said patient]].
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Tyrell wears thick glasses and is responsible for exploiting the life he creates with forced servitude and short lifespans.
* GreaterScopeVillain: In some ways he's more of a villain than Roy is.
* MadScientist: A brilliant scientist who doesn't stop to think that creating artificial humans with emotions and personalities might backfire on him someday.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Has an ongoing game with J.F. Sebastian.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He's never seen without his bifocals.
* TooDumbToLive: When your angry, vengeful creation is confronting you and demanding you perform a medical procedure on him, the correct answer is not to explain why that procedure would be fatal, it's to ''perform it anyway''. Possibly justified in that his idolization of Roy as his ultimate creation may have been stronger than his self-preservation.
* WickedCultured: He comes across as more highbrow and intelligent than most of the other characters of the first ''Blade Runner'' film do (except possibly Roy).
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His company appears to be quite profitable, and nobody seems to complain about its business ethics of using robot slaves.
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:His final great success, producing a Replicant capable of having children (Rachael), is what drives the plot of ''Blade Runner 2049'', decades after Tyrell's death.]]

[[folder:Rachael]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rachael_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Have you ever retired a human by mistake?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SeanYoung

--> ''"It seems you feel our work is not a benefit to the public."''

Rachael is the latest experiment of Eldon Tyrell. Tyrell believes that as the Replicants have such a limited lifespan, they have little time to develop control of their emotions, causing difficulty managing them. He believes implanting them with memories would create a cushion which would allow for emotional development, and make them more controllable. Rachael has the implanted memories of Tyrell's niece, and she is led to believe that she is human. It is not revealed in the film how long she has been living, but Tyrell admits that he thinks she is beginning to suspect the truth of her existence. When Rachael learns the truth, she is ignored by Tyrell. In desperation, she turns to Deckard, who has been told by Captain Bryant to retire her. He eventually falls in love with her.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Her book counterpart is revealed to be very sinister by the end of the novel.
* AdaptationNameChange: Her last name was ''Rosen'' in the original book.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: It's not revealed she's a Replicant at first until she is submitted to the Voight-Kampff test. Even she doesn't know - only Tyrell does.
* ArtificialHuman: Like all Replicants are.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: When she blows Leon's head off to save Deckard.]]
* ClonesArePeopleToo: She's more or less Tyrell's pet project, a replicant designed to be as human-like as possible and to have a more complex backstory (in the form of implanted memories) than the others. He treats her like a human and she never suspects she isn't one until Deckard shows up.
* CryCute: When Deckard reveals she's a Replicant in his apartment.
* DeadpanSnarker: She shows some signs of this during the Voight-Kampff test.
-->'''Deckard''': You're looking through a magazine and come across a full-page nude photo of a girl...\\
'''Rachael''': Is this testing whether I'm a Replicant or a lesbian, Mr. Deckard?
* DefrostingIceQueen: It takes a while before she and Deckard finally get it over with and kiss. And even then, [[ForcefulKiss he was rather rough with her.]]
* DoAndroidsDream: As the most human-like of the Replicants in appearance and personality, it's pretty much impossible to tell she is, in fact, an artificial life-form.
* EmotionlessGirl: She has a very cool demeanour towards Deckard at first, but this breaks down after she learns she's a Replicant and finds it hard to take.
* FakeMemories: They're really memories from Tyrell's niece.
* HiddenPurposeTest: Subverted. Exposed to one by Tyrell who wanted to see a negative result from Voight-Kampff before providing a positive result. (Debatable as to whether Deckard was the "negative result" Tyrell sought after, see ArtificialHuman entry above.) It typically takes 20-30 cross questions to expose a replicant, but it took ''over 100'' to reveal Rachael was one.
* LettingHerHairDown: She does this in Deckard's apartment.
* TheLostLenore: She and Deckard aren't present at the start of the movie, and the reasons why unfold as the plot advances.
[[spoiler:Rachael died in 2021 [[DeathByChildbirth in childbirth]], and it most definitely affected Deckard.]]
* OnlyOneName: Unlike the other replicants, her last name, assuming she has one, is never stated (in the book it was "Rosen").
* PlotDrivingSecret : [[spoiler:She died in 2021, as explained in ''Film/BladeRunner2049''. She passed away after [[DeathByChildbirth giving birth to a child]], and her bones are found by Officer K at Sapper Morton's farm in 2049. The discovery of this is what motivates K's quest to find both the child and the father.]]
* PrettyInMink: Rachael wears a few, indicative of her pampered status.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Although Rachael and Deckard sleep together at one point in the book, their relationship is much less romantic.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Rachael takes this trope pretty far: she's a Replicant who thinks she is human. When Deckard tests the machine on Rachael, it takes over one hundred questions for him to determine she is a Replicant (it takes only twenty or thirty, normally).
* RobotGirl: Being more or less the Tyrell Corporation's robotic SexySecretary.
* SexySecretary: Who would doubt she is one.
* SmokingIsCool: In fitting with the FilmNoir aesthetic of the movie, there are several scenes where she smokes cigarettes.
* TransferableMemory: None of her childhood memories are real.
* WasItAllALie: She never says it but she threw away "her" photo with her "Mother" when Deckard reveals the truth to her.

[[folder:J.F. Sebastian]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jfsebastian.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"There's a part of me in you..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/WilliamSanderson

-> '''Pris''': ''"Must get lonely here, J.F.."''
-> '''Sebastian''': ''" Not really. I '''make''' friends. They're toys. My friends are toys. I make them. It's a hobby."''

A genetic designer working for Tyrell. He is not allowed to emigrate off-world.

* AdaptationNameChange: Was called ''John R. Isidore'' in the book.
* AnArmAndALeg: In ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'', he's lost both legs and one arm. He can only move because he's strapped to his robot teddy bear's back.
* DecompositeCharacter: ''Edge Of Human'' has John Isidore show up as a different character.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Killed offscreen by the replicants.]]
* NiceGuy: To the point of GoodIsDumb. He goes out of his way to help the replicants out of the kindness of his heart, shelters them, gets them their coveted audience with Tyrell, and look what he gets out of it.
* NotSoDifferent: He agrees to help the replicants meet Tyrell because he's sympathetic to them from having a genetic disorder which gives him a shorter lifespan just like they have.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Has an ongoing game with Tyrell, who beats him regularly.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: ''The Edge Of Human'' said he just barely survived the movie.
* UnwittingPawn: Roy and Pris are just using him to get to Tyrell. [[spoiler:Sebastian doesn't realise this until it's too late to save Tyrell or himself.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Killed by Roy after gaining access to Tyrell's chambers.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Has Methuselah Syndrome. Because of this he ages faster and has a shorter life span, something he has in common with the replicants. He looks over fifty when he's in fact in his twenties

!Wallace Corporation

[[folder:Niander Wallace]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049wallace.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"You do not know what pain is yet. You will learn."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/JaredLeto
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Every civilization was built off the back of a disposable workforce, but I can only make so many."''

A manipulative Replicant manufacturer whose company perpetuates the work of Tyrell Corporation after buying its remnants. He managed to legalize the production of Replicants again in 2036.

* BeardOfEvil: He's the BigBad of ''2049'', and he sports a beard.
* BigBad: The main villain of ''2049'': Luv might do most of the heavy lifting, but she's acting on his orders.
* BringHimToMe: Used word-for-word by Wallace when he orders Luv to capture Deckard.
* ColdHam: While he never shouts or flails about, he is prone to long and self-important monologues full of religious metaphors and megalomaniacal lines. [[TropesAreTools This generally serves to make him seem even more creepy and unpredictable.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Compared to the previous film's BigBad Roy Batty. Roy was a Replicant who sought nothing more than freedom and a normal lifespan, and did pretty much all of his own dirty work. Wallace, on the other hand, is a human who favours the idea of engineering Replicants as a SlaveRace, and is a NonActionBigBad. In addition, Roy was blond, clean-shaven, and superhuman, while Wallace is dark-haired, bearded, and blind.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He made sure the production of Replicants became legal again in 2036 by unethical means. And he brought a whole new level of unethicality to Tyrell's experiments and products.
* {{Cyborg}}: He has robotic implants in his head, which help him to see using small hovering external cameras.
* EmperorScientist: He controls most of humanity's artificial food production, has undeniable political influence and lives in the pyramid than was once Tyrell's home, which still towers over Los Angeles.
* EmptyEyes: As a result of being blind.
* EvilCounterpart: Tyrell was hardly a saint but he had some affection toward his Replicants and in a twisted way saw himself as their father. Wallace sees himself as a god that gives and takes life of his creations on a whim.
* EvilCripple: A blind MadScientist with a god complex and complete disregard for the life of his creations or that of the people who will stand in his way.
* EvilIsHammy: He tends to have lengthy, philosophical monologues in every one of his appearances, often in a monotone with exaggerated annunciation.
* EvilWearsBlack: He's dressed entirely in black.
* EyeScream: Whatever made him blind left numerous scars around his eyes.
* AGodAmI: He seems to have delusions of godhood, given how he compares Replicants to angels and refers to divine creation.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Although his plans do get foiled and he loses his right-hand woman at the end of ''2049'', he himself is left largely untouched, and nothing's stopping him from opposing Deckard and the rebelling Replicants again at a later date.]]
* KickTheDog: He slashes a 'newborn' Replicant in the lower abdomen with her eventually dropping and dying of bloodloss, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment just to wax philosophically about his Replicant's inability to reproduce]].
** Later, when his attempt to [[spoiler: tempt Deckard with a new Rachel fails]] he doesn't hesitate to direct Luv to shoot [[spoiler: her]] right in the head.
** In ''2036: Nexus Dawn'', he orders one of his Nexus-9 Replicants to kill himself to prove how subservient this line is.
* MadScientist: Reprised Tyrell's work to create stronger, more ruthless and more servile Replicants and made their lifespan unlimited. He always compares his work to divine creation. [[spoiler:He is also obsessed with finding the secret of the reproduction of Replicants, which Tyrell apparently did find before dying, as Rachael gave birth.]]
* MeaningfulName: Niander, which literally means "new man", but also evokes "neanderthal". In other words he's both progenitor of a new species, and just a caveman who wants to crudely dominate.
* MegaCorp: His high tech company bought out the now-bankrupt Tyrell Corporation and produces virtually all of Earth's artificial food supply as well as the new Nexus-9 Replicants and "entertainment" technologies like the Joi A.I.
* NonActionBigBad: Doesn't throw a single punch and doesn't fire a single shot throughout the duration of the movie. Justified since he's blind.
* RedRightHand: He is blind and his eyes make him look appropriately eerie.
* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Mourns that humanity lost its taste for slaves unless they are engineered, implying he wouldn't care if his disposable workforce were humans or Replicants as long as they are his assets.
* SoftSpokenSadist: His voice never raises above a soft register, whether he is waxing philosophic or threatening ColdBloodedTorture. [[spoiler: He also doesn't miss a beat during his soliloquy when he eviscerates a newborn Replicant with a scalpel.]]
* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:He never meets K in the film, and never gets in harm's way either.]]
* VisionaryVillain: His ultimate aim for humanity to built an interstellar empire instead of the mere nine offworld colonies they have at present. However to do this would require a vast number of replicants as a disposable labor force, which can only be achieved through breeding as well as manufacturing.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: His company saved humanity by producing artificial food after nuclear fallouts of the 2022 Black Out crisis caused massive plants and animals extinctions. As a result and because he managed to legalize Replicants again in 2036, nobody questions the resumption and expansion of Tyrell's unethical works by his company.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to see humanity prosper by expanding their offworld colonization efforts, but his plan relies on breeding billions of replicants to serve as cheap and expendable slave labor.

[[folder:Luv]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bladerunner2049luv.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"WHERE IS HE?!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Sylvia Hoeks
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A Nexus-9 Replicant, Niander Wallace's assistant and right-hand woman.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:She could have easily killed K when she ambushed him and Deckard but instead chooses to leave him to die. This gives him a chance to kill her later]].
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Like Wallace, she strongly contrasts Roy Batty; physical differences aside (Roy was a blond man, Luv is a dark haired woman), Roy was very much his own man, [[spoiler:even killing his own creator]], while Luv is Wallace's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] [[TheDragon Dragon]]. She also lacks Roy's philosophical nature and emotional attachments, proving to be more of a blunt instrument and sadistic killing machine.
* CoolGuns: Her [[http://www.imfdb.org/images/b/bf/BR20491.jpeg double-barrelled blaster pistol]].
* DarkActionGirl: She qualifies as this, being Wallace's enforcer.
* DeadpanSnarker: She gradually starts developping into this as the movie unfolds.
* TheDragon: To Wallace. He even calls her his best Angel.
* EmotionlessGirl: Subverted. Wallace designed the Nexus-9 Replicants to be completely emotionless and subservient, but while Luv maintains a dispassionate appearance, she can get quite emotional really quick to the point of near irrationality.
* FatalFlaw: Pride. She's desperate to prove herself as superior [[spoiler:to the point she leaves Joe on the brink of death twice just to make sure he understands she is 'the best', and it ends up getting her killed.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: She jokes around with her victims, but it only serves to underline her ruthlessness as she tortures and kills them.
* FluffyTheTerrible: A ruthless, dangerous DarkActionGirl named "Luv".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Introduced as a non-action, administrative-type (not unlike Rachael to Tyrell in the original film), Luv nonetheless has to manually move a ''very'' large and heavy industrial door sealing the old archives when the hydraulics seize up. This alludes to her physical capabilities as a Nexus-9 that will be showcased later in the film.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: A possible version; Luv mentions that people assume the Nexus-9 CannotTellALie, [[spoiler:but Luv states she's going to tell her boss that she killed Joshi in self-defense, right before she stabs the unarmed woman to death]].
* TheHeavy: She has more screentime than Niander Wallace, tracks K down up to [[spoiler:Deckard's hideout and fights K to the death at the end.]]
* KickTheDog: She [[spoiler:crushes Joi's emitter, effectively killing her]], for no real reason other than pure cruelty.
* KnifeNut: Aside from her gun, she uses a retractable switchblade.
* MadeOfIron: Being a Replicant, she can take quite a beating.
* NotSoStoic: She tries to remain composed, especially around Wallace, but she silently cries in their first scene. By the half-way point of the movie her temperamental persona slips.
* NumberTwo: She's Wallace's main henchwoman.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She starts off as WomanInWhite, but eventually adds black and red to her outfit.
* RoboticPsychopath: More than capable of putting up the urbane replicant front, while in reality a sadistic murderer.
* UndyingLoyalty: Wallace conceived her Replicant line to be completely subservient.
* VillainousCheekbones: A female example.
* VillainousCrush: Hinted at toward K, given her comments about him and her TakeThatKiss to him near the end.
* VillainousRescue: Luv saves K's life by using a remote-controlled drone to blast the scavengers who attack him in the giant dump yard, to ensure he finds important clues to lead her to what Wallace wants.

[[folder:The "Angel"]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nexusdawnreplicant.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Set Sjöstrand
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]''

A Nexus-9 Replicant Niander Wallace uses to demonstrate the line's perfect subservience to a group of lawmakers in 2036 in order to legalize the production of Replicants again.

* ExpendableClone: Wallace has no problem sacrificing a Replicant to make a point. Replicants are simply tools for Wallace, their life has no value for him in the pursuit of his megalomaniacal projects for the future of Earth.
* AGlassInTheHand: He shatters a glass to take a shard to mutilate himself, then kill himself, all on Wallace's order.
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Deliberately and gruesomely subverted. Wallace demonstrates that the Nexus-9 are completely subservient compared to the previous models by ordering this Replicant (who follows his orders implicitly) to make a choice — kill Wallace or kill himself. The Replicant grabs a shard of glass, and when Wallace tells him to make a choice ("Do this now."), slashes his own throat without hesitation.
* KickTheDog: His death serves to establish Wallace's complete disregard for the life of Replicants.
* NoNameGiven: He is not named onscreen but Wallace refers to him as "an angel" to the lawmakers.
* SelfHarm: Cuts his own cheek with a shard of glass on Wallace's order.
* UndyingLoyalty: Wallace conceived Nexus-9 Replicants to be completely subservient, and demonstrates by ordering this Replicant to choose between killing him [Wallace] or committing suicide.

[[folder:[[spoiler: Rachael Copy]]]]

->'''Played by:''' Loren Peta (stand-in)
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

[[spoiler: A copy Replicant of Deckard's [[LostLenore late love interest]], created by Niander Wallace in order to make Deckard cooperate more easily.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:She gets shot by Luv after Deckard refuses Wallace's offer to join him.]]
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: Wallace admits that they can take Deckard offworld to be tortured, but he has more than pain to offer him. [[spoiler: Cue a Replicant in the form of his LostLenore Rachael EmergingFromTheShadows. When he refuses this 'gift', Luv shoots her in the head and Deckard is taken to the airport.]]
* ExpendableClone: [[spoiler:She's disposed of rapidly after Wallace finds out he created her for nothing.]]
* GildedCage: [[spoiler:She]] was created to provide company to Deckard while he's a prisoner of Wallace, and to make sure he will cooperate.
* ImposterForgotOneDetail: [[spoiler:The real Rachael had green eyes, but this one has brown eyes.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:She gets unceremoniously shot in the head by Luv after it's become clear Deckard won't fall for Wallace's GildedCage strategy to have him cooperate.]]

!Replicants

[[folder:Replicants in General]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/replicants_4.png]]

-->''"Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase - a being virtually identical to a human, known as a Replicant..."''
--->-- '''OpeningNarration of''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

Replicants are bioengineered androids invented by Eldon Tyrell. The Nexus series are virtually identical to adult humans, but have superior strength, speed, agility, resilience and intelligence to varying degrees, depending on the model.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Often don't know themselves if they're human or not and fans have debated for years about which Blade Runner characters are actually replicants.
* ArtificialHumans: They are androids made to look as human as possible.
* BornIntoSlavery: They are conceived to be slaves, and created as such.
* FantasticRacism: They are seen as dangerous by humans. "Skin-job" is a common insult for them.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Nexus-9 Replicants are supposed to be completely loyal to humans. In reality, like the past gen Replicants, they can develop empathy and their own agenda with enough time.
* HumanOutsideAlienInside: The books say the only way to physically tell the difference between a human and a replicant is to examine the bone marrow.
* InhumanableAlienRights: The replicants are allowed to be shot on sight.
* LackOfEmpathy: Their distinguishing feature. The Voight-Kampf test involves asking the subject pointed questions and gauging their emotional response. Ultimately, however, it's revealed that Replicants really do learn to empathize. Tyrell suggests that the reason for their limited lifespan is because if they lived too long they'd be indistinguishable from human beings. This is one of the biggest apparent diversions from the original book, in which Replicants are stated to have no empathy whatsoever and are compared to humanity's own growing lack of empathy; however, given Irmgard Baty's reaction to Isidore's FreakOut over a dead spider amongst other events depicted in the book, this is commonly considered an example of UnreliableNarrator and UnreliableExpositor.
** The Nexus-9 Replicants conceived by Niander Wallace completely lack of empathy. [[spoiler: Or so it seems]]
* ManChild: While the Nexus-6 models are adults both physically and mentally, they're still very childlike in their emotions, be it Pris's very whimsical behavior or Roy basically having a temper tantrum when [[spoiler:meeting Tyrell and killing his "father".]]
* MeaningfulName: As in "replicas" of human beings.
* OrganicTechnology: They have flesh, blood and bones.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Replicants are almost perfect in resemblance to regular humans, to the point where only a psychological test (or markings on the eyes for later models) can detect them.
* SlaveRace: Basically a new race created to serve humans, although they can't reproduce [[spoiler:(or so everyone thought).]]
* SuperStrength:
** Nexus-6 Replicants are built to be far more durable and stronger than human beings, at the cost of a reduced lifespan. In the climax, Roy Batty lifts up Deckard's entire body weight using only one hand [[spoiler:to save Deckard's life]].
** The following lines of Replicants (at the very least the Nexus-8 and Nexus-9 lines) retain such strength, but with the advantage of an unlimited lifespan.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Angry over their servitude (and over their intentionally limited lifespan for the Nexus-6 models).

!!!'''2019'''

[[folder:Roy Batty]]
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[[caption-width-right:249: ''"I've...seen things you people wouldn't believe..."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RutgerHauer
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave."''

Roy Batty is the leader of the renegade Nexus-6 Replicants and the main antagonist of the first film. He is highly intelligent, fast, and skilled at combat, and yet still learning how to deal with developing emotions. With an A Physical Level (superhuman strength and endurance) and an A Mental Level (genius-level intellect), he is probably the most dangerous of all the fugitive replicants. He is a combat model, used off-world for military service. He and five other replicants come to Earth, hoping to find a way to lengthen their life span.

* AffablyEvil: Roy has a charming, philosophical exterior, on full display in his interactions with Pris, Chew, Tyrell, and, at the end of the film, Deckard. His charm can give way to a terrible capacity for violence at times, but his affability, when he shows it, is almost always genuine.
* AlasPoorVillain: His dying words to Deckard after saving his life, one of the most famous monologues in film history.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' has another version of him show up, claiming to be the human that the replicants were based on. We never find out if he was telling the truth or not.
* AntiVillain: He's a violent murderer, but he's also an escaped slave who just wants to live his life in peace. In the original ending, Deckard speculates that [[spoiler:Roy spared his life for no other reason than Roy's love for life. Though the canonicity of the voice-over is heavily debatable as it's been removed in subsequent versions of the film, most notably the Directors Cut. Another suggestion is that Batty's real motivation for the rescue is the desire for his life to be remembered.]]
* BadassLongcoat: He has a trenchcoat of his own to rival Deckard's, black leather as opposed to Deckard's brown, fitting his status as Deckard's {{foil}}.
* BigBad: Roy's quest for a greater lifespan is what triggers and drives the plot of the film.
* ClonesArePeopleToo: He wants more ''life'' ...Father.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Although nominally the BigBad, Roy's character arc gets just as much focus as Deckard's story, if not more.
* DoAndroidsDream: He convinces Tyrell he's just as intelligent as he is, but Tyrell tells him as sympathetically as possible that there's nothing he can do to prolong his life.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Roy is distraught over the deaths of Leon and Zhora, and genuinely loves Pris.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He calmly accepts his impending death and gives Deckard some parting words of wisdom.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Roy:''' All those moments will be lost in time... like tears... in rain. Time to die.]]
* FinalSpeech: One of the most famous ever: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."
* {{Foil}}: To Deckard. They both simultaneously struggle with a lack of humanity (Roy's status as a [[ArtificialHuman Replicant]] and the dehumanising nature of Deckard's job as a Blade Runner) and very human flaws (Roy's fear of death and Deckard's [[ShellShockedVeteran trauma]] over the brutality of what he does). Roy is charismatic and powerful, but childlike in some ways, whereas Deckard is outmatched by the Replicants, but much more emotionally mature. Their character arcs mirror each other throughout the film as both commit questionable, but understandable acts, and in the end, they both manage to reach a catharsis as a result of their conflict, with Roy discovering his humanity around the same time that Deckard rediscovers his own. Their appearances also strongly contrast each other (Roy's platinum-blond hair and black leather coat as opposed to Deckard's brown hair and brown trenchcoat), especially at the climax, which features a nearly-naked and flawless Roy and a battered and bloody Deckard.
* GeniusBruiser Both the smartest of the renegade Replicants and also very strong and agile.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like all of the Replicants, his goal is just to live a normal life instead of being a slave and dying before his time.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's very clever at using people for his own ends: Chew, Sebastian, and he tries hard to convince Tyrell to help him, but it doesn't work.
* NominalHero: Roy Batty and his gang are escaped slaves from deep space. The Blade Runners are bounty hunters who get money for gunning them down. A Blade Runner protagonist makes for an uneasy moral setting at best.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Kills Tyrell after being told by his creator that there's no way to have a longer lifespan.]]
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Under Roy Batty's guidance, Sebastian [[SurpriseCheckmate checkmates]] Tyrell in two moves.
* TheSpock: He normally controls his emotions very well, though he does fly into a rage at Tyrell, and has a emotional attachment to Pris.
* SuperStrength: Strong enough to lift Deckard with one arm, at least.
* TragicVillain: All he and his gang want is to have normal lifespans and be free, but they can't have either.
* TransHuman: Being an artificial human who's been engineered to be better than the real thing, well..
* {{Ubermensch}}: He was intentionally created to be one, with a genius-level intellect. Philip K. Dick himself said Rutger Hauer was "the perfect Batty - cold, Aryan, flawless." Batty naturally becomes the leader of the escaped replicants.
* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:Roy's final acts in life are to save Deckard's life and give a monologue about his amazing experiences and lamenting that the memory of them will die with him.]]
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: Saves Deckard's life at the end just before he dies.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: His blond, almost white hair and his past as a killer (he doesn't specify, but he said he's done ''questionable'' things).

[[folder:Priscilla "Pris" Stratton]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hanna-1_7926.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Then we're stupid, we'll all die."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/DarylHannah
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"I think, Sebastian, therefore I am."''

A "basic pleasure model" Nexus-6 Replicant, Pris is the girlfriend of Roy Batty. At an A Physical Level, she is shown to have superhuman endurance (as in the scene where she grabs a boiling egg with her bare hand without harm). Her B Mental Level puts her at a lower intellectual level than Roy.

* AdaptationSpeciesChange: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' says that she was actually an insane human who just thought she was a replicant. This is public knowledge and [[spoiler: Deckard is wanted for murder.]]
* DecoyDamsel: Uses her attractiveness on [[spoiler:Sebastian]] to convince him to get [[spoiler:Roy]] past Tyrell's security so he can meet him. [[spoiler:Although Roy later kills both Tyrell and a crying, guilt-ridden Sebastian once the bargain is complete.]]
* DarkChick: In personality. In terms of ranking, she's more of a [[TheDragon dragon]].
* DarkActionGirl: The villainous equivalent of Rachael, but more active.
* DeathCryEcho: She has a seizure and screams uncontrollably (with actual echoes in the building) when dying after being shot by Deckard.
* TheDragon: Deckard has to fight her before he encounters Roy.
* EightiesHair: She looks like she belongs in a 80s rock band.
* EvilAlbino Has white-blond hair like Roy.
* FemmeFatale: She seduces Sebastian into letting her and Roy stay at his apartment, then they end up murdering him.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Subverted. Pris is a "basic pleasure model" and uses her skills to win over JF. [[spoiler:However, it's a ruse to gain access to Tyrell.]]
* MurderousThighs: She tries to choke Deckard with her legs in one scene.
* OnlyOneName: Her last name isn't spoken.
* {{Sexbot}}: She's essentially a robot prostitute.
* SheFu: She's good at gymnastics and uses some acrobatic moves during her fight with Deckard, though not that it does her much good in the end.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Edge Of Human", Sebastian was able to fix her somehow even though the book says she's actually human.
%%* ZettaiRyouiki: Wears very 1980's stockings.

[[folder:Leon Kowalski]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leon_kowalski.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Wake up! Time to die!"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Brion James
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

--> ''"Painful to live in fear isn't it?! Nothing worse than an itch you can never scratch!"''

Leon Kowalski is a replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. He has an A physical level, which enables him to have superhuman strength and endurance (according to the Final Cut he was used as a 180 kg/400 lb nuclear-head loader in the outer space colonies as well as a front-line soldier). Leon is classified mental level C. He doesn't have the speed of thought that Roy does when it comes to solving problems.

* AvengingTheVillain: He tries to avenge [[spoiler:Zhora's]] death.
* AxCrazy: Much more violent and impulsive than his fellow replicants are.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears one just like Roy does.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a short goatee.
* BloodlessCarnage: When he's given a BoomHeadshot by Rachael, it just shows the hole in the front of his head, no blood.
* BoomHeadShot: Dispatched with a shot from Deckard's HandCannon, [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind by Rachael.]]
* TheBrute: The biggest and probably the strongest replicant.
* DumbMuscle: He was built for manual labor. During the briefing sequence, he's even given stats: Physical A, Mental C, making him the dumbest of the replicants. He displays SuperStrength on a few occasions. The script also called for him to do a CeilingCling, but it was left out.
** His limited mental capacity is most noticeable in the opening Voight-Kampff testing scene where as most Replicants require twenty-thirty questions, he gives himself away at the very first.
* EyeScream: Attempts this on Deckard by trying to shove his fingers through his eyesockets and into his brain.
* FamousLastWords: "Wake up, time to die."
* HiddenDepths: His final philophosical monologue to Deckard implies he's smarter than people or his fellow Replicants take him for.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to Deckard.
* PsychopathicManchild: His low intelligence and the nonsensical quips he gives during his fight with Deckard give him shades of this.
* SuperStrength: Was designed to carry heavy loads and fight at the front, and easily throws and slaps Deckard around like a ragdoll.
* UnstoppableRage: In his fight with Deckard. He gives him a serious beating before Rachael retires him.

[[folder:Zhora Salome]]
[[quoteright:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhora.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Do you think I’d be working in a place like this if I could afford a real snake?"'']]
->'''Played by:''' Joanna Cassidy
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''

-->''"How do you mean 'exploited'?"''

Zhora is a replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. She has an A physical level and B mental level, just like Pris. She was originally used in murder squads, though she keeps a job as exotic dancer by the time Deckard comes for her.

* CombatPragmatist: Tries to choke Deckard out using his own tie.
* DeadpanSnarker: When Deckard, posing as a member of a committee on "moral abuses" asks Zhora if she has to do anything "lewd, unsavoury, or otherwise offensive to [her] person" to get her job, Zhora replies with a dry and incredulous "are you for real?".
* {{Determinator}}: Endures the first shot from Deckard's HandGun, which goes through her chest, and still tries to resume her escape.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Zhora wears a replicant snake as a fashion accessory.
* InformedAbility: Her file sets her up to be a dangerous killer. In a case of tragic irony, she is the only replicant to die [[spoiler: fleeing for her life instead of pursuing Decker, aside from Batty's last-minute decision to spare Decker's life before his own expiration.]]
* InTheBack: She is shot dead by Deckard while she is trying to run away.
* MsFanservice: It is her job.
* {{Sexbot}}: Downplayed: a robot exotic dancer in this case. Also subverted, because she wasn't presumably designed for such work, unless it was a part of her coverup skills as an assassin.
* SheFu: Averted, unlike Pris. Probably because Zhora is a trained fighter and Pris is not. She uses short-range strikes and chokes.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: A tall, dark-haired woman with a cold attitude.
* TattooedCrook: She is identified by a snake tattoo in her neck.

!!!'''2022'''

[[folder:Iggy / Cygnus]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Jovan Jackson (English), Kenichiro Matsuda (Japanese)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''

A Nexus-8 combat[=/=]intelligence-gathering Replicant who went rogue after a battle on the planet of Kalathania. In the ''Black Out 2022'' anime, he teams up with an unlikely pair to "even the odds" against Replicants.
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* TheCavalry: Iggy shows up to save Trixie as she's being accosted by a group of human thugs in the back-streets of L.A. After eyeing them up for a few moments, he effortlessly dispatches them.
* EyeScream: The last we see of Iggy, he's striding through the wreckage and flames of the backup site, having plucked out his own eye (which identifies that he's a Replicant) and replaced it with an EyepatchOfPower.
* UnwittingPawn: Iggy's backstory shows him fighting on the deserts of Kalathania. When he guns down a soldier from the opposing side and realizes that it's a Replicant, he realizes that the government has replaced the human soldiers with synthetics, who don't know that they're fighting other synthetics. This motivates his decision to eventually go rogue and cause the blackout in 2022.
--> '''Iggy:''' Nothing more than toy soldiers in a sandbox.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Trixie]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trixie_5.png]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/LuciChristian (English), Ichiko Aoba (Japanese)
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''

A female Replicant who decides to aid Iggy in his quest to "even the odds" for Replicants, via executing a plan that will plunge Los Angeles into darkness.
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* DarkActionGirl: Trixie's innocent exterior belies a Replicant who can effortlessly take out an entire group of soldiers with deadly martial arts, coupled with a willingness to help Ren see his plan through by aiding Iggy at the archives.
* HoneyTrap: Implied, as Trixie appears to be helpless and alone the first time we see her (as the gang threatens her). In the next scene, she shows that she's more than capable of dispatching enemies, as she takes out a truck driver with [[MurderousThighs her thighs]] and late cuts down nearly all of the soldiers guarding the backup site [[OneWomanArmy on her own]].
* ImprovisedWeapon: When the duo reach the archives and drive in, she uses the door from the tanker-trailer like a projectile to kill one of the soldiers.
* OneWomanArmy: She massacres most of the soldiers guarding the archives and backup records by herself, effortlessly killing most of them via fatal kicks and punches.
* RuleOfSymbolism: As she launches herself through the air during the final fight scene, Trixie witnesses a dove flying overhead. [[spoiler:She is shot in midair directly after this and crashes into a sheet of glass in a crucifixion pose]].
* ShoutOut: Trixie has visual and symbolic similarities to nearly all of the Replicants in the original film. She witnesses a dove flying through the air, similar to how the dove symbolized Roy Batty's death. She has acrobatic moves (and MurderousThighs) like Pris. [[spoiler:She dies by being shot in midair, also like Pris, and she crashes into a pane of glass when she dies, just like Zhora]].
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Trixie is curious about love and death, asking Ren if he has any affection for her and later musing about whether Replicants will go to Heaven or Hell.
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2036-2049'''

[[folder:Sapper Morton]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sappermorton.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' [[Wrestling/{{Batista}} Dave Bautista]]
->'''Appears in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2048: Nowhere to Run]]'' | ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A Nexus-8 Replicant disguising himself as a human farmer.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: His file is watched by Gaff and his colleague in ''Black Out 2022''. Apparently he came on Earth with Iggy/Cygnus after deserting the Replicant military on the space colony of Kalanthia.
* GentleGiant: He is a huge and bulky Replicant, and he is very sweet and protective with a girl and her mother in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like many Replicants who escaped servitude, he wants to live peacefully and free from human persecution.
* LongLived: His lifespan lasts much longer than the Nexus-6 Replicants of the first film. He was "born" in 2019 and is still around by 2049.
* NeckSnap: He does this to the last remaining thug in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He was one of the few people to witness what he calls a "miracle": a Replicant -- Rachael -- giving birth. Rachael was buried near a tree on his farm's land after her DeathByChildbirth in 2021. He kept this a secret ever since, knowing full well what people like Niander Wallace would do with it.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: As seen in ''Nowhere to Run'', his experiences as a combat medic have clearly left him with a case of PTSD.
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to NeckSnap a human effortlessly and shove K through a wall.
[[/folder]]

!Others

!!!'''2036'''

[[folder:The Magistrates]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magistratesbladerunner.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenedictWong, Ned Dennehy, Ania Marson, Ade Sapara
->'''Appear in:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2036: Nexus Dawn]]''

-->''"The prohibition of Replicant technology is not subject to debate."''

A group of human lawmakers Niander Wallace has a meeting with in 2036 in order to convince them to legalize the production and use of his Nexus-9 Replicants.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: They are completely opposed to allowing any new wave of Replicants to be made... until Wallace gruesomely shows them how subservient his Nexus-9 line is.
* WhatTheHellAreYou: The magistrate played by Benedict Wong asks "What is this?!" to Wallace about the Replicant he brought with him (which Wallace then refers to as "an angel").
[[/folder]]

!!!'''2049'''

[[folder:Joi]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/joibladerunner2049.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"I always told you. You're special."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnaDeArmas
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

-->''"Your story isn't over yet. There's still a page left."''

K's virtual girlfriend, a holographic ArtificialIntelligence made by Wallace Corporation.
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* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Implied, as she tells K to wipe her from her home emitter and destroy the antenna of said emitter so Wallace Corporation won't be able to track him down.
** [[spoiler:Though it is shown that certain aspects of her that seemed very genuine were just part of her basic programming. For instance, her naming K "Joe" seems to be some part of her basic programming, as an ad for her that K encounters later calls him Joe as well, and her attempts to convince him that he really was Deckard's child come across as a bit hollow after we see the ad for her that says she will tell you what you want to hear. K wanted to be something more than a replicant, so she obeyed her programming and egged that fantasy on when he seemed to find proof of it. She really did love him, but a lot of her love was just part of the program.]]
* {{Hologram}}: She has no physical form, although her programming is advanced enough for her to have virtual rain falling on her when she's in the middle of a real rain outside. The holographic advertisement for the Joi line is a giant [[{{Fanservice}} naked]] purple version of her.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: She is a technological marvel, but the portable emitter is very sensitive and makes her glitch when shaken too violently, such as when K's car is attacked by scavengers in the giant dump yard of Los Angeles and crashes.
* {{Housewife}}: She takes on the appearance of a 1950s housewife when K serves himself his dinner, and K talks to her like a husband who comes back from his office job.
* KickTheDog: A tragic victim of this, courtesy of [[spoiler:Luv]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:She was saying "I love y..." to K when Luv crushed her emitter.]]
* KissMeImVirtual: A romance developed between her and K.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The first notes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIi_q4bNZMM Peter's leitmotif]] from ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' play when she's activated.
* MeaningfulName: The "Joi" line has been conceived to bring the joys of a relationship to lonely people.
* MsFanservice: One of the purposes of her line InUniverse. So much so that the gigantic Joi holographic ads are naked.
* NiceGirl: She's a loving girlfriend to K.
* [[ProjectedMan Projected Woman]]: She manifests through a [[{{Hologram}} holographic projection]] inside K's apartment, and K buys a portable emitter so she can "follow" him everywhere.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: She is an A.I. with human-like feelings, to a much higher extent than the A.I. of the current-line replicants.
* RunningGag: Her LeitMotif turns into a minor one - every time it plays from K's pocket while he's out and about, everyone he's currently with immediately comments on him having a virtual girlfriend.
* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Her cruel and unnecessary "death" turns K's so far detached investigation into something [[ItsPersonalWithTheDragon way more personal]].]]
* {{Sexbot}}: While obviously not conceived for physical sex, Joi's model is made by Wallace Corporation for lonely people who want to experience a relationship (including sharing feelings and intimate thoughts) and sure enough, [[{{Fanservice}} the giant purple holographic commercial of the Joi line is naked]]. Joi can synchronize with the body of a real woman for "physical" sex.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: She can change her clothing and appearance to match the personality she thinks her owner wants/needs at that particular time. Wholesome Fifties Housewife? Nightclub Party Girl?
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires Mariette for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and it doesn't bother her at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to his virtual girlfriend.
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:She's the most lovable character in ''2049'', and she gets destroyed out of pure KickTheDog.]]
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: She has a personality of her own and developed true feelings for K, and she's more than happy to accompany him through the emitter. [[spoiler:All of this makes her death pretty heartbreaking, when Luv crushes the emitter.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her billboard version.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Ana Stelline]]
->'''Played by:''' Carla Juri
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

The memories creator of the Nexus-9 line Replicants. Her immunodeficiency forced her to live her entire life sealed from the outside world. The disease also barred her from travelling into space.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[spoiler:Possibly. In addition to the travails of her parents, it's never been entirely clear if Rachael used the ''genetic'' template of Tyrell's niece in addition to the memories; ''[=BR1=]'' implies it, as always, but doesn't outright state it. If she did, then in a real sense, the long-deceased Tyrell is her grand-uncle.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Can come across as a bit of one, given her propensity for working on holograms while speaking to people and walking about [[DoesNotLikeShoes completely unshod]] while she works.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Doesn't seem to bother with shoes in her enclosure.
* FakeMemories: She creates them to make Replicants more "human".
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Her mother is a Replicant, while her father is... well, Deckard's [[RiddleForTheAges whatever the hell he is]].]]
* IllGirl: She has an extreme immunodeficiency that confines her to sterile environments. [[spoiler:Well, in theory, at least. She believes it herself.]]
* ImprobableAge: Played with; she's made up to look and come across as rather young, although Carla Juri was about 30 at time of filming, which isn't too improbable for a doctorate [[spoiler:and would also put her just about bang in line with how old Ana should be in 2049 if she was born in 2021]]. ''However'', given how long Wallace has been making Nexus-9s and the flow of the conversation between K and Ana, it seems like Ana has been working for Wallace for almost as long as the Nexus-9s have been in production, which is a decade or more. That'd mean Ana got her doctorate at around ''twenty years old or younger''.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: She's Rick and Rachael's daughter.]]
* NiceGirl: She's very friendly and soft-spoken towards K.
* ThePollyanna: Despite her circumstances, she's very friendly and nearly always smiling. It's left somewhat ambiguous if this involves any StepfordSmiler tendencies or if all her happiness is genuine.
* SafetyWorst: Her immunodeficiency became apparent at a young age, leading her parents to isolate her in sterility, a practice that has continued into adult life. [[spoiler: It is possible that this is just a cover to prevent people from getting near to her and learning that she's a replicant's child, though it's ''also'' possible it's just a side effect of her previously-impossible biology; the film naturally leaves this ambiguous]].
* StepfordSmiler: ''Maybe''; in true ''Blade Runner'' tradition, it's left ambiguous enough to call either way. At most, one gets the impression she would rather like to get out of her bubble and see the world (understandably).
* TransferableMemory: She conceives [[spoiler:(or transfers her own)]] memories for Replicants. [[spoiler:Her memories of the wooden horse ended up in K's mind.]]
* WomanInWhite: Perhaps by choice, but more likely a consequence of her being confined to a sterile, almost exclusively white environment since she was a little girl.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mariette]]
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mariette.jpg]]
->'''Played by:''' Mackenzie Davis
->'''Appears in:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''

A human prostitute who takes a liking to K. [[spoiler:She's actually an agent of the Replicant [[LaResistance resistance]].]]
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Her skin, face and, in fact, her entire body are astoundingly flawless for a hooker who lives, works, and probably grew up in the filth-ridden slums of one of the most famous {{Wretched Hive}}s in movie history.
* EnigmaticMinion: It's clear from the outset that there's more to her than meets the eye. [[spoiler:Then ultimately subverted when she turns out to be working for the good guys, or at least as close as someone in this setting can get to being considered "good".]]
* HoneyTrap: She and two more hookers are sicced on K by a mysterious woman in her very first appearance. [[spoiler:Initially subverted when the others leave out of disgust about what he is, and she herself walks away after [[RunningGag she notices K has a virtual girlfriend]]. Then [[DoubleSubversion subverted again]] when she shows up a second time on Joi's invitation, and this time she goes through with it. ''[[RuleOfThree Then]]'' she subverts it a third time when her undercover actions end up saving K's life later on because she's actually one of the good guys/girls.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: She's the second-nicest character in the film right after Joi, who's incidentally the only one she treats a bit nastily. Most tellingly, she completely averts the rampant FantasticRacism against replicants by [[spoiler:taking a liking to K right off the bat despite knowing what he is. Plus the "being part of the replicant resistance" thing, naturally]]
* MsFanservice: Being a prostitute, it's part of the job.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is a human that is working with a replicant freedom movement]].
* NiceGirl: Yep.
* ThreeWaySex: Joi hires her for a "cybersex" romantic encounter with K, and doing this doesn't bother Joi at all. Joi superimposes herself on Mariette's body and synchronizes her moves with Mariette's to make K feel like he makes love to her.
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* TheDragon: To Wallace.

* BornLucky: [[spoiler:Luck is what ultimately saves him from the replicants: he would have been killed by Zhora had witnesses not stepped in, by Leon had Rachael [[BigDamnHeroes not intervened]], and Roy if he hadn't [[VillainousRescue taken pity on him]]. [[spoiler: His luck continues in the sequel, where K saves his life multiple times and is ultimately being able to reunite with his daughter.]]

* BornLucky: [[spoiler:Luck is what ultimately saves him from the replicants: he would have been killed by Zhora had witnesses not stepped in, by Leon had Rachael [[BigDamnHeroes not intervened]], and Roy if he hadn't [[VillainousRescue taken pity on him]].]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:He bumps into Luv at the morgue while she's stealing the bones K found buried at Sapper Morton's farm. She shows him a fake authorization and karate-chops him on the neck, leaving him with his head at a 90 degrees angle down and choking in his blood.]]

* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:She died in 2021, as explained in ''Film/BladeRunner2049''. She passed away after giving birth to a child, and her bones are found by Officer K at Sapper Morton's farm in 2049. The discovery of this is what motivates K's quest to find both the child and the father.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Rachael died in 2021, and it most definitely affected Deckard.]]

[[folder:Pris Stratton]]

A "basic pleasure model" Nexus-6 Replicant. She is the girlfriend of Roy Batty. At an A Physical Level, she is shown to have superhuman endurance (as in the scene where she grabs a boiling egg with her bare hand without harm). Her B Mental Level puts her at a lower intellectual level than Roy.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Subverted. She is a "basic pleasure model" and uses her skills to win over JF. [[spoiler:However, it's a ruse to gain access to Tyrell.]]

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Deckard has gone missing between 2019 and 2049, hiding in a depleted and empty Las Vegas.

* ActionSurvivor: While Deckard has the definite reputation of a MemeticBadass, he shows monumental difficulty in his fights against the replicants. A JustifiedTrope, as they are top of the line, highly advanced Cyborgs, with two designed for military use while Deckard has drinking problems and tired of his job by the time they meet. Not to mention, Deckard's reputation [[spoiler:may just be implanted memories[[note]]Which has the effect of turning his ability as a Blade Runner into a bit of an InformedAbility, as if he actually ''is'' a replicant himself, he should be just as capable as they are - there's no way a replicant Blade Runner would have some sort of "keep your abilities within human norms" inhibitor, the whole point is for him to be equally capable[[/note]].]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: The original movie implies that he ''might'' be a replicant as one of its central themes. There's plenty of evidence either way. And the sequel [[RiddleForTheAges does little to actually resolve said mystery]], [[spoiler:with Wallace even openly discussing the possibility that he could be a replicant in their encounter]].

* SuperStrength: Like all other Nexus-9 Replicants. Exemplified when he easily rams through a marble wall blocking his path.