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* MeaningfulName: Rhymes with 'tickles', and prone to laughing it up when he's stressed.
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[[folder:Bub]]
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Barbra]] and [[Film/DayOfTheDead Francine]], Sarah is the most proactive protagonist of the two. Where Barbra and Francine would freak out during the ZombieApocalypse, Sarah keeps herself cool and is capable of defending herself against zombies.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only female among the main cast.
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* TheStoner: Is seen smoking marijuana during Rhodes' meeting.
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* TheQuietOne: He only has a single line of dialogue in the film even though he survives until [[spoiler:the last fifteen minutes]].
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* BearerOfBadNews: He informs Sarah and the others of the death of Rhodes Rhodes' commanding officer, Major Cooper, and that there've been more zombies arriving every day, when they return from a search for other survivors.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: '''''GOOD GOD'''''. [[spoiler:While escaping from a a large horde of zombies, he gets swamped by a crowd of them and they rip him to pieces. The cruel part of the death is his head getting ripped off and his vocal cords rising higher in pitch]].
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The most gruesome example ''ever'']].
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The most gruesome example ''ever'']].
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* CommunicationsOfficer: He's the only one who can work the groups radio, although given how long it's been since they've heard from anyone else, it's become a relatively moot point.
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* CommunicationsOfficer: He's the only one who can work the groups group's radio, although given how long it's been since they've heard from anyone else, and as the equipment he's working with is sub-par, it's become a relatively moot point.point. [[spoiler:Which in turn ultimately makes him expendable as far as Rhodes is concerned]].
*{{Oireland}}: A pretty stereotypical one, including being the bunker's resident drunk.
*{{Oireland}}: A pretty stereotypical one, including being the bunker's resident drunk.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: As scummy as he is, Rhodes loses no points for grit when he's on death row--when Bob caps him twice with a gun, Rhodes refuses to stop scrambling away while defiantly roaring "''come on!''" to his pursuer, and his final words when he's eaten are a spiteful "choke on 'em!"
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* DefiantToTheEnd: As scummy as he is, Rhodes loses no points for grit when he's on death row--when Bob Bub caps him twice with a gun, Rhodes refuses to stop scrambling away while defiantly roaring "''come on!''" to his pursuer, and his final words when he's eaten are a spiteful "choke on 'em!"
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* OnlyFriend: Normally a serious, irritable man who views almost everyone else around them as crazy or unreasonable, he gets along well with Sarah and is willing to joke with her.
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* SurroundedByIdiots: Has this attitude toward the soldiers who are supposed to help the scientists with their work. To be sure, it's implied that their sloppiness and negligence is making the scientists' work that much harder, as according to his words half their work winds up "getting flushed down the toilet" because of it.
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* ActionGirl: She is capable of using a gun when she needs to. Such as escaping the base when the trio decided to cut their losses and killing crowds of zombies to make their escape.
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* BadassBeard: He has a thick goatee, and braves a crowd of zombies to save the others during the climax.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Makes no secret of his desire to take off for an island if things get hopeless. Ultimately, he goes through with it.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Makes no secret of his desire to take off for an island if things get hopeless. Ultimately, he goes through with it.
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[[folder: Dr. Fisher]]
--> ''Played by''': John Amplas
* LabCoatOfScienceAndMedicine: He wears one, with it being notably cleaner than Logan's.
* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair of spectacles which help emphasize his role as a scientist.
* OhCrap: He has a subdued version of this upon finding out the truth about Dr. Logan's experiments.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He works with Sarah in looking for a vaccine for the zombies, but also assists Dr. Logan in some of his attempts to behaviorally condition the zombies.
* OnlyFriend: Normally a serious, irritable man who views almost everyone else around them as crazy or unreasonable, he gets along well with Sarah and is willing to joke with her.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: He really doesn't get along with Rhodes.
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[[folder: Steel]]
--> '''Played by''': Gary Howard Klar
* HiddenDepths: Gently performs a MercyKill for a fellow soldier and is hinted to be religious [[spoiler: during his death scene]].
* OldSoldier: A middle-aged man who [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary is honestly older than the Army would allow a private to be]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: He shares most of his scenes with Rickles.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was always crude and unpleasant towards Miguel and the civilians, but isn't outright threatening or homicidal until after [[spoiler: Johnson and Miller]] die, at which point he becomes nearly as AxCrazy as Rhodes towards Sarah and her allies.
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[[folder: Bill McDermott]]
--> '''Played by''': Jarlath Conroy
* TheAlcoholic: He spends a good amount of the film [[DrowningMySorrows drinking to cope with the situation]].
* CommunicationsOfficer: He's the only one who can work the groups radio, although given how long it's been since they've heard from anyone else, it's become a relatively moot point.
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[[folder: Rickles]]
--> '''Played by''': Ralph Marrero
* {{Jerkass}}: He's probably most odious and hot-headed of the soldiers besides Rhodes himself.
* LaughingMad: When he's surrounded by zombies, with no chance of escape.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Steel are generally paired together.
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[[folder: Torrez]]
--> '''played by''': Tasso Stavrakis
* BetrayalByInaction: He just stands by and watches, betraying no emotion, when Rhodes, Steel and Rickles turn on the scientists and the pilots.
* TheStoner: Is introduced watering marijuana plants
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't have a single line of dialogue in the film despite making it to the climax alive.
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[[folder: Johnson]]
--> '''Played by''': Gregory Nicotero
* BearerOfBadNews: He informs Sarah and the others of the death of Rhodes commanding officer, Major Cooper, and that there've been more zombies arriving every day, when they return from a search for other survivors.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not terribly friendly, but is more respectful towards the scientists than any of the other soldiers (with the possible exception of Miguel) and is less hot-headed and neurotic than his comrades.
* MildlyMilitary: He is introduced lounging around reading a magazine, and seems more laidback than the other soldiers.
[[folder: Dr. Fisher]]
--> ''Played by''': John Amplas
* LabCoatOfScienceAndMedicine: He wears one, with it being notably cleaner than Logan's.
* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair of spectacles which help emphasize his role as a scientist.
* OhCrap: He has a subdued version of this upon finding out the truth about Dr. Logan's experiments.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: He works with Sarah in looking for a vaccine for the zombies, but also assists Dr. Logan in some of his attempts to behaviorally condition the zombies.
* OnlyFriend: Normally a serious, irritable man who views almost everyone else around them as crazy or unreasonable, he gets along well with Sarah and is willing to joke with her.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: He really doesn't get along with Rhodes.
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[[folder: Steel]]
--> '''Played by''': Gary Howard Klar
* HiddenDepths: Gently performs a MercyKill for a fellow soldier and is hinted to be religious [[spoiler: during his death scene]].
* OldSoldier: A middle-aged man who [[ArtisticLicenseMilitary is honestly older than the Army would allow a private to be]].
* ThoseTwoGuys: He shares most of his scenes with Rickles.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He was always crude and unpleasant towards Miguel and the civilians, but isn't outright threatening or homicidal until after [[spoiler: Johnson and Miller]] die, at which point he becomes nearly as AxCrazy as Rhodes towards Sarah and her allies.
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[[folder: Bill McDermott]]
--> '''Played by''': Jarlath Conroy
* TheAlcoholic: He spends a good amount of the film [[DrowningMySorrows drinking to cope with the situation]].
* CommunicationsOfficer: He's the only one who can work the groups radio, although given how long it's been since they've heard from anyone else, it's become a relatively moot point.
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[[folder: Rickles]]
--> '''Played by''': Ralph Marrero
* {{Jerkass}}: He's probably most odious and hot-headed of the soldiers besides Rhodes himself.
* LaughingMad: When he's surrounded by zombies, with no chance of escape.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He and Steel are generally paired together.
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[[folder: Torrez]]
--> '''played by''': Tasso Stavrakis
* BetrayalByInaction: He just stands by and watches, betraying no emotion, when Rhodes, Steel and Rickles turn on the scientists and the pilots.
* TheStoner: Is introduced watering marijuana plants
* TheVoiceless: He doesn't have a single line of dialogue in the film despite making it to the climax alive.
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[[folder: Johnson]]
--> '''Played by''': Gregory Nicotero
* BearerOfBadNews: He informs Sarah and the others of the death of Rhodes commanding officer, Major Cooper, and that there've been more zombies arriving every day, when they return from a search for other survivors.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not terribly friendly, but is more respectful towards the scientists than any of the other soldiers (with the possible exception of Miguel) and is less hot-headed and neurotic than his comrades.
* MildlyMilitary: He is introduced lounging around reading a magazine, and seems more laidback than the other soldiers.
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* AllTheOtherReindeer: Is picked on by the other soldiers, especially Steel and Rickles, and it's clear Rhodes, his superior officer, doesn't give a damn about him either. While him nearly getting Rickles killed in the beginning is a factor, it's heavily implied that his relationship with Sarah, the sole woman in the facility, is the real cause of resentment toward him by the other military men.
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[[folder:Matthew Logan]]
-->''Played by''': Richard Liberty
* ApocalypticLog: When Sarah and Bill are searching through Logan's office, they decide to listen to his recorded lab notes, which quickly degenerate from clinical analysis of one of his zombie test subjects into an argument with his dead mother, where he claims that "[The zombies'] minds are talking to me," proving to them that the doctor has totally lost it.
* ForScience: He believes he can teach the zombies good manners - an obsession that comes to a head when the soldiers guarding the place find out he's using the corpses of their fallen comrades as positive reinforcements.
* MadScientist: Nicknamed "Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}" by the soldiers, is the embodiment of this trope. He is so obsessed with his work he fails to consider how the soldiers will react to him cutting up their deceased comrades for his experiments. Sarah already calls him out on this in the beginning when she thinks that the worst that he's done is using the re-animated corpse of Major Cooper, the previous commanding officer, in his experiments.
[[folder:Matthew Logan]]
-->''Played by''': Richard Liberty
* ApocalypticLog: When Sarah and Bill are searching through Logan's office, they decide to listen to his recorded lab notes, which quickly degenerate from clinical analysis of one of his zombie test subjects into an argument with his dead mother, where he claims that "[The zombies'] minds are talking to me," proving to them that the doctor has totally lost it.
* ForScience: He believes he can teach the zombies good manners - an obsession that comes to a head when the soldiers guarding the place find out he's using the corpses of their fallen comrades as positive reinforcements.
* MadScientist: Nicknamed "Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}" by the soldiers, is the embodiment of this trope. He is so obsessed with his work he fails to consider how the soldiers will react to him cutting up their deceased comrades for his experiments. Sarah already calls him out on this in the beginning when she thinks that the worst that he's done is using the re-animated corpse of Major Cooper, the previous commanding officer, in his experiments.
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[[folder:Sarah Bowman]]
-->'''Played by''': Lori Cardille
* FindTheCure: Her priority solution to the ZombieApocalypse.
* WomenAreWiser: She's the only one advocating everyone working together, the most practical solutions, and staying calm.
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[[folder:Miguel Salazar]]
-->'''Played by''': Anthony Dileo Jr.
* AmputationStopsSpread: Sarah amputates his arm after he gets bitten in the hopes of saving him. Unfortunately, Miguel is DrivenToSuicide before anyone finds out whether it would have actually worked.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's whiny and often insults Sarah. But he does pull off a HeroicSacrifice to save his friends.
* SanitySlippage: He becomes more and more unstable throughout the film. After he's bitten and Sarah cuts off his arm in an effort to save him, he completely snaps, and commits suicide by zombie, letting himself be DevouredByTheHorde while simultaneously letting the zombie horde into the complex.
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[[folder:John]]
-->'''Played by''': Terry Alexander
* StepfordSmiler: He's largely upbeat in group settings, but while sharing a private drink with Sarah, he reflects on his own personal belief that the zombie horde is God punishing humanity and that the situation is so hopeless that all they can do is enjoy their limited time.
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[[folder:Rhodes]]
-->'''Played by''': Joseph Pilato
* BigBad: As all too often happens in Romero's zombie films, the true bad guy is a human or at least humanity and its various faults. In this case we have Rhodes, the slimy, jerkish, domineering, would-be tyrant whose attempts to bully others and assume control winds up killing most of what's left of the staff.
* BreakTheHaughty: He starts out big and bad when it comes to bullying the living, treating the Zombie situation like an active war zone. However upon facing Bub who is armed, he's reduced to running, screaming and getting wounded, before becoming a screaming mess when faced with an Overrun. He does get a cool line in the end though.
* DevouredByTheHorde: His ultimate fate.
* DirtyCoward: He freaks out when the zombies find a way downstairs (courtesy of Miguel), flees with the only available vehicle and even locks his own men out of the compound.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Rhodes, as with the other soldiers, is initially introduced as your typical Jerkass military meathead who really couldn't care less about the scientists' problems. In the meeting scene soon afterwards, he orders Steele to shoot Sarah for disobeying his orders. Steele takes it as a joke, so Rhodes makes it quite clear that he's not joking when he threatens to kill Steele instead. The other soldiers are not too likable either, but even they're clearly shocked to find out their leader doesn't enjoy defiance too much.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Say this much for him: when he's about to be eaten by a mass of zombies, he provides one of the finest examples of this trope. His final words as the zombies start to eat his intestines?
-->'''Rhodes''': [[RegretEatingMe Choke on 'em!]] ''[[RegretEatingMe CHOKE ON 'EM!!]]''
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: As he's DevouredByTheHorde, he's ripped in half at the waist.
* TheNeidermeyer: He's this trope to an almost ridiculous degree. Constantly screaming at everyone around, attempting to take control of every situation by force, ordering his men to kill people for minor offenses... they really should have found someone more mentally stable to be in his position.
* OhCrap:
** His reaction when [[spoiler: Bub suddenly pulls the slide back on a handgun, indicating that yes, he does know how to use it.]]
** At the end, when running from [[spoiler:Bub]], he opens a door and comes face to face with [[spoiler: a horde of zombies. His only reaction is to scream in utter terror.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted. He's shot in the shoulder and unable to do anything with that side of his torso. Then he gets shot in the leg and is essentially crippled.
* RegretEatingMe: His FamousLastWords ("Choke on 'em! CHOKE ON 'EM!") are both this and a FacingTheBulletsOneLiner.
* SirSwearsALot: He says "fuck" in about half of his sentences. Though excessive profanity is the ''least'' heinous of his characteristics.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: While his predecessor Major Cooper is implied to have not been very pleasant himself, Rhodes takes it to a whole new level when he threatens to have Sarah killed, after which he makes it clear that any person in the facility who questions his authority will be executed following a [[KangarooCourt court martial]]. It's actually stated that while Cooper was an "asshole," he was still a "sweetheart" compared to Rhodes.
* VillainHasAPoint: While he's a complete bastard, Rhodes still makes a lot of logical points that are hard to argue with. He spent months surviving the ZombieApocalypse inside an unused mine, protecting the scientists who were supposed to be working on a cure. Then he finds out the chief scientist has wasted countless hours training a zombie to be docile, plans on doing it to other zombies, and was feeding said zombie the bodies of Rhodes' deceased friends. He rightfully points out that he and the rest of the soldiers risked their lives everyday for a pointless cause, demanding that they scrap the plan and simply take a helicopter out of the mines in search of someplace safe.
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[[folder:Sarah Bowman]]
-->'''Played by''': Lori Cardille
* FindTheCure: Her priority solution to the ZombieApocalypse.
* WomenAreWiser: She's the only one advocating everyone working together, the most practical solutions, and staying calm.
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[[folder:Miguel Salazar]]
-->'''Played by''': Anthony Dileo Jr.
* AmputationStopsSpread: Sarah amputates his arm after he gets bitten in the hopes of saving him. Unfortunately, Miguel is DrivenToSuicide before anyone finds out whether it would have actually worked.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's whiny and often insults Sarah. But he does pull off a HeroicSacrifice to save his friends.
* SanitySlippage: He becomes more and more unstable throughout the film. After he's bitten and Sarah cuts off his arm in an effort to save him, he completely snaps, and commits suicide by zombie, letting himself be DevouredByTheHorde while simultaneously letting the zombie horde into the complex.
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[[folder:John]]
-->'''Played by''': Terry Alexander
* StepfordSmiler: He's largely upbeat in group settings, but while sharing a private drink with Sarah, he reflects on his own personal belief that the zombie horde is God punishing humanity and that the situation is so hopeless that all they can do is enjoy their limited time.
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[[folder:Rhodes]]
-->'''Played by''': Joseph Pilato
* BigBad: As all too often happens in Romero's zombie films, the true bad guy is a human or at least humanity and its various faults. In this case we have Rhodes, the slimy, jerkish, domineering, would-be tyrant whose attempts to bully others and assume control winds up killing most of what's left of the staff.
* BreakTheHaughty: He starts out big and bad when it comes to bullying the living, treating the Zombie situation like an active war zone. However upon facing Bub who is armed, he's reduced to running, screaming and getting wounded, before becoming a screaming mess when faced with an Overrun. He does get a cool line in the end though.
* DevouredByTheHorde: His ultimate fate.
* DirtyCoward: He freaks out when the zombies find a way downstairs (courtesy of Miguel), flees with the only available vehicle and even locks his own men out of the compound.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Rhodes, as with the other soldiers, is initially introduced as your typical Jerkass military meathead who really couldn't care less about the scientists' problems. In the meeting scene soon afterwards, he orders Steele to shoot Sarah for disobeying his orders. Steele takes it as a joke, so Rhodes makes it quite clear that he's not joking when he threatens to kill Steele instead. The other soldiers are not too likable either, but even they're clearly shocked to find out their leader doesn't enjoy defiance too much.
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: Say this much for him: when he's about to be eaten by a mass of zombies, he provides one of the finest examples of this trope. His final words as the zombies start to eat his intestines?
-->'''Rhodes''': [[RegretEatingMe Choke on 'em!]] ''[[RegretEatingMe CHOKE ON 'EM!!]]''
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: As he's DevouredByTheHorde, he's ripped in half at the waist.
* TheNeidermeyer: He's this trope to an almost ridiculous degree. Constantly screaming at everyone around, attempting to take control of every situation by force, ordering his men to kill people for minor offenses... they really should have found someone more mentally stable to be in his position.
* OhCrap:
** His reaction when [[spoiler: Bub suddenly pulls the slide back on a handgun, indicating that yes, he does know how to use it.]]
** At the end, when running from [[spoiler:Bub]], he opens a door and comes face to face with [[spoiler: a horde of zombies. His only reaction is to scream in utter terror.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted. He's shot in the shoulder and unable to do anything with that side of his torso. Then he gets shot in the leg and is essentially crippled.
* RegretEatingMe: His FamousLastWords ("Choke on 'em! CHOKE ON 'EM!") are both this and a FacingTheBulletsOneLiner.
* SirSwearsALot: He says "fuck" in about half of his sentences. Though excessive profanity is the ''least'' heinous of his characteristics.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: While his predecessor Major Cooper is implied to have not been very pleasant himself, Rhodes takes it to a whole new level when he threatens to have Sarah killed, after which he makes it clear that any person in the facility who questions his authority will be executed following a [[KangarooCourt court martial]]. It's actually stated that while Cooper was an "asshole," he was still a "sweetheart" compared to Rhodes.
* VillainHasAPoint: While he's a complete bastard, Rhodes still makes a lot of logical points that are hard to argue with. He spent months surviving the ZombieApocalypse inside an unused mine, protecting the scientists who were supposed to be working on a cure. Then he finds out the chief scientist has wasted countless hours training a zombie to be docile, plans on doing it to other zombies, and was feeding said zombie the bodies of Rhodes' deceased friends. He rightfully points out that he and the rest of the soldiers risked their lives everyday for a pointless cause, demanding that they scrap the plan and simply take a helicopter out of the mines in search of someplace safe.
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