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* [[DatingWhatDaddyHates Marrying What Daddy Hates]]

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* AntiHero: Starts off as a ClassicalAntiHero, then evolves into an UnscrupulousHero over the course of the film.



** Even Prior to this he seems appalled on what the Government is really doing with the Prawns regardless of his condition and had no clue what was going on though this in part fuels his character development. He seems to bear no ill will towards the Prawns even in the beginning He calls them Prawns which is considered derogatory though mainly due to lack of a better term and is really just carrying out orders, but due to his condition and the realization on what the government is doing with them he seems to better emphasize with them then he did previously.

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** Even Prior prior to this he seems appalled on what the Government is really doing with the Prawns regardless of his condition and had no clue what was going on though this in part fuels his character development. He seems to bear no ill will towards the Prawns even in the beginning beginning. He also calls them Prawns which is considered derogatory though mainly due to lack of a better term and is really just carrying out orders, but due to his condition and the realization on what the government is doing with them he seems to better emphasize with them then he did previously.
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* AntiHero: Starts off as a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]], then evolves into a Type IV over the course of the film.
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* GoodIsNotNice: He would've been a fully-fledged PunchClockVillain if he is completely obsessed with keeping law and order.

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* GoodIsNotNice: He would've been a fully-fledged PunchClockVillain villain if he is completely obsessed with keeping law and order.
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* GoodIsNotNice

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* GoodIsNotNiceGoodIsNotNice: He would've been a fully-fledged PunchClockVillain if he is completely obsessed with keeping law and order.

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And I thought money dear boy is only for real life examples.


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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: It's implied that his company gets investigated for his unethical acts, so it may be a subversion.]]

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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: It's implied that his company gets investigated for his unethical acts, so it may be a subversion.]] ]]
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* DragonInChief: Although Piet Smit is technically the main antagonist of the movie, Koobus he's the one who commands all the mercenary unit and does all the dirty work.



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** Even Prior to this he seems appalled on what the Government is really doing with the Prawns regardless of his condition and had no clue what was going on though this in part fuels his character development. He seems to bear no ill will towards the Prawns even in the beginning He calls them Prawns which is considered derogatory though mainly due to lack of a better term and is really just carrying out orders, but due to his condition and the realization on what the government is doing with them he seems to better emphasize with them then he did previously.

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* AntiHero: Starts off as a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]], then evolves into a Type IV over the course of the film.



* DirtyCoward: Even while armed to the teeth in a MiniMecha, his first instinct is still to run.




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* MoralityPet: For Wikus.

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* GoodIsNotNice



* JerkAss: Appears to be at first.

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* JerkAss: {{Jerkass}}: Appears to be at first.


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* [[spoiler:KarmicTransformation: Remember the scene where he kills a bunch of baby prawns? Suddenly, seeing him turn ''into'' a prawn is a lot more poetic.]]
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!!Wilkus !!Wikus van de Merwe
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** JerkassWoobie
* LawfulNeutral: WordOfGod through interviews have said that Wikus is this. He's basically an ObstructiveBureaucrat who is obsessed with rules.

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** JerkassWoobie
* LawfulNeutral: WordOfGod through interviews LawfulNeutral ([=Invoked=] by WordOfGod): Interviews with the creators of the film have said that Wikus is this. He's basically an ObstructiveBureaucrat who is obsessed with rules.



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* TheMessiahTheMessiah: To the point where [[spoiler:he becomes a MessianicArchetype]].



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* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]].

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* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath]].[[spoiler:KarmicDeath: He is surrounded by the aliens he spent most of the film abusing, and [[TheDogBitesBack torn limb from limb]]]].



* CompleteMonster
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* ActionSurvivor: When you consider that by his own species' standards, he's an average worker.

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* ActionSurvivor: When you consider that by his own species' standards, he's an average worker.worker, though clearly an ''exceptional'' average worker, being able to achieve what humans thought only members of the aliens' leader caste (probably a subspecies) could achieve, namely, refueling and operating their ship.
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* TookALevelInKindness: He gains one after his contact with the alien fluid.
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Christopher Johnson's infant son.

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Christopher Johnson's infant young son.
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* ChildProdigy: Helps his father in his research. [[spoiler: Plus, he's the one who activates the mothership.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
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* KarmaHoudini: It's implied that his company gets investigated for his unethical acts, so it may be a subversion.

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* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: It's implied that his company gets investigated for his unethical acts, so it may be a subversion. subversion.]]



* KarmicDeath

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* KarmicDeath[[spoiler: KarmicDeath]].
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