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* TheHero: Of all the Bloods, Otis fits this best, as he is the calming voice that holds the Bloods together and quickly steps up as the leader of the group once it becomes clear they're going to have to fight to escape.
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* TheHero: TheLeader: Of all the Bloods, Otis fits this best, as he is the calming voice that holds the Bloods together and quickly steps up as the leader of the group once it becomes clear they're going to have to fight to escape.
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Of the five original Bloods, all but one are dead by the end of the film.]]
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* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Paul's dislike for his son David is rooted in his mother’s DeathByChildbirth.
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* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Paul's dislike for his son David is rooted in his mother’s mother's DeathByChildbirth.
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* GrenadeLauncher: Carries a [=M79=] grenade launcher during the flashback to the Bloods’ mission to find the plane.
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* GrenadeLauncher: Carries a [=M79=] grenade launcher during the flashback to the Bloods’ Bloods' mission to find the plane.
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!!!Played By: Jonathan Majors
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!!!Played By: Jonathan Majors
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* PluckyComicRelief: Eddie is quick to joke around and usually has a quip.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Eddie is quick to joke around and usually has a quip.
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* TheHero: Of all the Bloods, Otis fits this best, as he is the calming voice that holds the Bloods together and quickly steps up as the leader of the group once it becomes clear they're going to have to fight to escape.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Eddie is quick to joke around and usually has a quip.
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* DecoyProtagonist/DecoyAntagonist: The first half of the movie sets him up as the lead character, easily having the most screentime and character development. However, upon finding the gold, [[spoiler: He quickly loses his mind, holding witnesses hostage and cowing the Bloods into aiding him by threatening them with a gun. Just as it seems he's become the main villain of the movie, the real antagonists show up and Paul abandons the group, and his death kicks off the film's third act.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist/DecoyAntagonist: DecoyProtagonist / DecoyAntagonist: The first half of the movie sets him up as the lead character, easily having the most screentime and character development. However, upon finding the gold, [[spoiler: He quickly loses his mind, holding witnesses hostage and cowing the Bloods into aiding him by threatening them with a gun. Just as it seems he's become the main villain of the movie, the real antagonists show up and Paul abandons the group, and his death kicks off the film's third act.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist/DecoyAntagonist: The first half of the movie sets him up as the lead character, easily having the most screentime and character development. However, upon finding the gold, [[spoiler: He quickly loses his mind, holding witnesses hostage and cowing the Bloods into aiding him by threatening them with a gun. Just as it seems he's become the main villain of the movie, the real antagonists show up and Paul abandons the group, and his death kicks off the film's third act.]]
* FatalFlaw: Paul has many flaws: Anger, paranoia, recklessness, impatience, but they all stem from his inability to cope with the death of Norman, and more specifically, [[spoiler: his accidental role in Norman's death.]]
* FatalFlaw: Paul has many flaws: Anger, paranoia, recklessness, impatience, but they all stem from his inability to cope with the death of Norman, and more specifically, [[spoiler: his accidental role in Norman's death.]]
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* TragicHero: There's no mistake that Paul has his issues, but he is also shown to be noble, loyal, and compassionate in his own way. Unfortunately, his grief, rage, and paranoia cause him to go insane near the end of the journey. [[spoiler: He is redeemed in the end, both by forgiving himself and by refusing to tell Quan's mercenaries where the Bloods are hiding, giving them enough time to prepare a defense.]]
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* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Paul’s dislike for his son David is rooted in his mother’s DeathByChildbirth.
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Died when Paul fired his gun for too long while trying to take out a Vietcong, with his spray of fire hitting Norman.]]
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* MissingMom: Due to DeathByChildbirth.
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* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Paul’s dislike for his son David is rooted in his mother’s DeathByChildbirth.
* ParentalSubstitute: Becomes one of sorts to David, given the antagonistic relationship between David and his father Paul.
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The Bloods' squad leader.
* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]".
* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]".
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The Bloods' squad leader.
leader. It was his idea to use the gold to help African-Americans back home.
* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]".
* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]".
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* JerkAss: Is generally rude, offensive, unpleasant and downright violent and crazy towards everyone. Though definitely more of a JerkAssWoobie given his PTSD.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Despite being short on money due to his spending habits, he still insists that they give the gold to help the African-American community in the US. After [[spoiler:Eddie is killed, his share goes to Black Lives Matter.]]
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Despite being short on money due to his spending habits, he still insists that they follow Norman's plan to give the gold to help the African-American community in the US. After [[spoiler:Eddie is killed, his share goes to Black Lives Matter.]]
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!!Allies
[[folder:David]]
!!David
!!!Played By: Jonathan Majors
Paul's son, a teacher who accompanies the Bloods in the quest for the gold.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He and Paul have never been on good terms with one another.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saves Otis at the end of the film by shooting Desroche]].
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:Doesn't have particularly long-lasting effects from the gunshot wound to his leg.]]
!!Allies
[[folder:David]]
!!David
!!!Played By: Jonathan Majors
Paul's son, a teacher who accompanies the Bloods in the quest for the gold.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He and Paul have never been on good terms with one another.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saves Otis at the end of the film by shooting Desroche]].
* OnlyAFleshWound: [[spoiler:Doesn't have particularly long-lasting effects from the gunshot wound to his leg.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Voices anti-immigration language, speaks dismissively and offensively to and about Vietnamese and French people, and mentions he voted for "[[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump President Fake Bone Spurs]]". When the Bloods go to the jungle he pulls on a "Make America Great Again" hat and wears it for most of the film.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Voices anti-immigration language, speaks dismissively and offensively to and about Vietnamese and French people, and mentions he voted for "[[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump President Fake Bone Spurs]]". When the Bloods go to the jungle he pulls on a "Make America Great Again" hat and wears it for most of the film.]]
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:He is the first of the Bloods to die; when he gets blown up by a land mine, he doesn't even get the [[LandMineGoesClick usual "click" noise]].]]
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Despite being short on money due to his spending habits, he still insists that they give the gold to help the African-American community in the US. After [[spoiler:Eddie is killed, his share goes to Black Lives Matter.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:He is the first of the Bloods todie; die, and quite unexpectedly at that; when he gets blown up by a land mine, he doesn't even get the [[LandMineGoesClick usual "click" noise]].noise]], he just takes a half-step backward and it detonates.]]
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* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]"Martin]]".
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!!The Bloods
[[folder:In General]]
A group of African-American Vietnam War veterans who travel to Vietnam in the present day to recover a lost treasure and their squad leader.
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Of the five original Bloods, all but one are dead by the end of the film.]]
* ShoutOut: Their names: Paul, Otis, Melvin, Eddie, and David, are one to Music/TheTemptations, alongside Norman, who is named for their producer.
* TheVietnamVet: All of them (minus David) are veterans of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, with their memories forming an important part of the narrative.
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[[folder:Paul]]
!!Paul
!!!Played By: Creator/DelroyLindo
* AccidentalMurder: It's revealed that [[spoiler:Paul accidentally killed Norman while shooting a Vietcong fighter who tried to sneak up on them.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Paul is suffering from cancer, and prefers to die on his feet in the jungle rather than in a hospital bed.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Voices anti-immigration language, speaks dismissively and offensively to and about Vietnamese and French people, and mentions he voted for "[[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump President Fake Bone Spurs]]". When the Bloods go to the jungle he pulls on a "Make America Great Again" hat and wears it for most of the film.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: All the Bloods are this to some extent, but Paul is the worst, dealing with being back in Vietnam and [[spoiler:having to come to terms with killing Norman.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Shoots a female Vietcong who tries to sneak up on him and Norman.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Otis]]
!!Otis
!!!Played By: Creator/ClarkePeters
* LukeIAmYourFather: Early on, Otis learns he sired a daughter with a Vietnamese woman during the war.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the original 5 Bloods, he is the only one who survives the film.]]
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[[folder:Eddie]]
!!Eddie
!!!Played By: Norm Lewis
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Eddie gets blown in half by a land mine]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:"My mama once told me that money is the root of all ev-" ''[gets blown up by a land mine]'']]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:He is the first of the Bloods to die; when he gets blown up by a land mine, he doesn't even get the [[LandMineGoesClick usual "click" noise]].]]
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[[folder:Melvin]]
!!Melvin
!!!Played By: Isiah Whitlock Jr.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jumps on a grenade to save Otis in the final shootout]].
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[[folder:Norman]]
!!Sgt "Stormin Norman" Earl Holloway
!!!Played By: Creator/ChadwickBoseman
The Bloods' squad leader.
* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]"
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the events of the film and one of the Bloods' objectives is to recover his remains.
%%* SergeantRock
[[/folder]]
!!The Bloods
[[folder:In General]]
A group of African-American Vietnam War veterans who travel to Vietnam in the present day to recover a lost treasure and their squad leader.
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Of the five original Bloods, all but one are dead by the end of the film.]]
* ShoutOut: Their names: Paul, Otis, Melvin, Eddie, and David, are one to Music/TheTemptations, alongside Norman, who is named for their producer.
* TheVietnamVet: All of them (minus David) are veterans of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, with their memories forming an important part of the narrative.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Paul]]
!!Paul
!!!Played By: Creator/DelroyLindo
* AccidentalMurder: It's revealed that [[spoiler:Paul accidentally killed Norman while shooting a Vietcong fighter who tried to sneak up on them.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Paul is suffering from cancer, and prefers to die on his feet in the jungle rather than in a hospital bed.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Voices anti-immigration language, speaks dismissively and offensively to and about Vietnamese and French people, and mentions he voted for "[[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump President Fake Bone Spurs]]". When the Bloods go to the jungle he pulls on a "Make America Great Again" hat and wears it for most of the film.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: All the Bloods are this to some extent, but Paul is the worst, dealing with being back in Vietnam and [[spoiler:having to come to terms with killing Norman.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Shoots a female Vietcong who tries to sneak up on him and Norman.]]
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[[folder:Otis]]
!!Otis
!!!Played By: Creator/ClarkePeters
* LukeIAmYourFather: Early on, Otis learns he sired a daughter with a Vietnamese woman during the war.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the original 5 Bloods, he is the only one who survives the film.]]
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[[folder:Eddie]]
!!Eddie
!!!Played By: Norm Lewis
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Eddie gets blown in half by a land mine]].
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:"My mama once told me that money is the root of all ev-" ''[gets blown up by a land mine]'']]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:He is the first of the Bloods to die; when he gets blown up by a land mine, he doesn't even get the [[LandMineGoesClick usual "click" noise]].]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Melvin]]
!!Melvin
!!!Played By: Isiah Whitlock Jr.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jumps on a grenade to save Otis in the final shootout]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Norman]]
!!Sgt "Stormin Norman" Earl Holloway
!!!Played By: Creator/ChadwickBoseman
The Bloods' squad leader.
* TheAce: Everything the Bloods say about Norman indicate that he was a very awesome man, their "[[UsefulNotes/MalcolmX Malcolm]] and their [[UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Martin]]"
* PosthumousCharacter: He's long dead by the events of the film and one of the Bloods' objectives is to recover his remains.
%%* SergeantRock
[[/folder]]
