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* [[BreakTheCutie Break The Fatty]]: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
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* [[BreakTheCutie Break The Fatty]]: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty.DrillSergeantNasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
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* TalkingToTheHead: Has "befriended" a dead Vietnamese soldier.
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* TalkingToTheHead: Has "befriended" a dead Vietnamese soldier.
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-> ''"You climb like old people fuck! ''"I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior Drill Instructor. From now on, you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be "Sir". Do you know that, Private Pyle!?"''
maggots understand?"''
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-> ''"I am... in a World of shit..."''
A overweight recruit who gains the ire of Hartman.
A overweight recruit who gains the ire of Hartman.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Shortly before killing himself.As part of his SanitySlippage, he starts becoming more focused in training.
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* [[BreakTheCutie Break The Fatty: Fatty]]: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
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* BreakTheFatty: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
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* BreakTheFatty: [[BreakTheCutie Break The Fatty: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
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-> ''"You climb like old people fuck! Do you know that, Private Pyle!?"''
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!! Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence
* AteHisGun: Blows his brains out with his rifle after killing Hartman.
* AxCrazy: Becomes this by the end.
* BreakTheFatty: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Given one as part of his abuse by Hartman.
* KubrickStare: Again, shortly before killing himself.
* MurderSuicide: Kills Hartman before turning the gun on himself.
* SanitySlippage: Goes off the deep end due to Hartman's abuse, in combination with being the victim of a blanket party.
* SlasherSmile: Sports one when he's found in the toilet by Joker.
* TookALevelInBadass: Shortly before killing himself.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
* AteHisGun: Blows his brains out with his rifle after killing Hartman.
* AxCrazy: Becomes this by the end.
* BreakTheFatty: He gets it worse than the rest of the recruits due to being overweight and mentally slow, most of it at the hands of the original Drill Sergeant Nasty. The worst of it comes when the other recruits, pissed off after the entire platoon was punished due to Hartman finding a jelly doughnut in Pyle's foot locker, throw him a blanket party by pinning him to his bunk with a blanket and beating the crap out of him with bars of soap wrapped in bath towels. All this eventually leads to his psychotic breakdown, his murder of Hartman and his ultimate suicide.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Given one as part of his abuse by Hartman.
* KubrickStare: Again, shortly before killing himself.
* MurderSuicide: Kills Hartman before turning the gun on himself.
* SanitySlippage: Goes off the deep end due to Hartman's abuse, in combination with being the victim of a blanket party.
* SlasherSmile: Sports one when he's found in the toilet by Joker.
* TookALevelInBadass: Shortly before killing himself.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
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* StarterVillain: Somewhat.
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* StarterVillain: Somewhat.Somewhat.
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!! Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
A drill instructor at Parris Island who trains his recruits to transform them into marines.
* AntiVillain: Hartman is a jerk and treats his recruits like shit. But after all he's just doing his job to motivate the recruits properly to turn them into Marines.
* AssholeVictim: As much as Sgt. Hartman is just having to do his job, it may be hard to feel sorry for him when he gets killed by Private Pyle.
* BadBoss: He's an unforgiving sergeant who goes around insulting, punching, punishing, and yelling at his recruits, would-be soldiers he intends to weed out.
* DeathByIrony: Trains his recruits to be killers... and yeah, that goes [[GoneHorriblyRight horribly right]] with Private Pyle.
* DrillSergeantNasty: The TropeCodifier, and probably the best known example.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HatesEveryoneEqually: Claims this.
* JerkAss: To say the least.
* LargeHam
* NiceHat: He's never seen without his hat.
* TheNicknamer: Most of his nicknames stick too.
* NoIndoorVoice
* PetTheDog: He does congratulate Pyle when he starts making progress.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Loves dishing these out.
* SirSwearsALot: His dialogue is peppered with f-bombs and other expletives alongside FloweryInsults.
* [[SociopathicSoldier Sociopathic Marine]]: To an extent in that some of the disciplinary tactics he reserves for Pyle arguably cross into psychological abuse territory.
* StarterVillain: Somewhat.
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-> ''"You're going home now."''
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-> ''"You're going home now.''"No more boom-boom for this baby-san. There's nothing we can do for her. She's dead meat."''
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-> ''"I mean, we're getting killed for these people and they don't even appreciate it... they think it's a big joke."''
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-> ''"You're going home now."''
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-> ''"Better you than me."''
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-> ''"Can I quote LBJ? I will not send American boys eight or ten thousand miles around the World to do a job that Asian boys oughta be doing for themselves."''
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The protagonist.
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The protagonist.
protagonist. He works as a combat correspondent, and becomes attached to the Lusthog squad.
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!! Sergeant Crazy Earl
-> ''"These enemy grunts are as hard as slant-eyed drill instructors.... These people we wasted here today ... are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting."''
The squad leader before Cowboy takes command.
* BloodKnight: The quote above pretty much says it all.
* CloudCuckooLander: To a disturbing extent.
* SchmuckBait: He falls for a booby-trapped stuffed rabbit in the middle of a wrecked building, and dies when he trips the bomb.
* WorthyAdversary: Believes the Vietnamese to be this.
-> ''"These enemy grunts are as hard as slant-eyed drill instructors.... These people we wasted here today ... are the finest human beings we will ever know. After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting."''
The squad leader before Cowboy takes command.
* BloodKnight: The quote above pretty much says it all.
* CloudCuckooLander: To a disturbing extent.
* SchmuckBait: He falls for a booby-trapped stuffed rabbit in the middle of a wrecked building, and dies when he trips the bomb.
* WorthyAdversary: Believes the Vietnamese to be this.
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Another African-American member in the squad.
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Another African-American member in the squad.
squad who works as the radio operator.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: With Rock.
!! T.H.E. Rock
Another member of the squad.
* TheGenericGuy: Along with Doc Jay and Donlon.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He's killed by the sniper in the book.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With Donlon.
* WeaponOfChoice: A grenade launcher.
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!! Donlon
Another African-American member in the squad.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Played straight with Eightball, averted however with Donlon, who survives the film.
Another African-American member in the squad.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Played straight with Eightball, averted however with Donlon, who survives the film.
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Subverted. while cleaning the head (bathroom) Joker says to Cowboy "I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?" to which Cowboy simply replies "What've you got?" Cowboy later brings it up again in Vietnam, when he ask if Joker has been getting any to which Joker replies, "Only your sister".
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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Subverted. while While cleaning the head (bathroom) Joker says to Cowboy "I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?" to which Cowboy simply replies "What've you got?" got?". Cowboy later brings it up again in Vietnam, when he ask asks if Joker has been getting any to which Joker replies, "Only your sister".
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!! Doc Jay
A medic attached to the squad.
* TheGenericGuy: He isn't given much of a personality.
* KilledOffForReal: He's mowed down by the sniper when he tries to signal Animal Mother the sniper's location.
* TheMedic
* MilitaryMaverick: Though to a ''much'' lesser extent than Animal Mother.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Disobeys Joker's orders and goes to help Eightball when he's wounded by a sniper.
A medic attached to the squad.
* TheGenericGuy: He isn't given much of a personality.
* KilledOffForReal: He's mowed down by the sniper when he tries to signal Animal Mother the sniper's location.
* TheMedic
* MilitaryMaverick: Though to a ''much'' lesser extent than Animal Mother.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Disobeys Joker's orders and goes to help Eightball when he's wounded by a sniper.
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* ArmchairMilitary / MarinesAtTheRear: Laments having to be this when he's first introduced.
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* ArmchairMilitary / MarinesAtTheRear: [[SoldiersAtTheRear Marines At The Rear]]: Laments having to be this when he's first introduced.
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!! Private First Class Rafterman
-> ''"I hate Da Nang, Joker. I want to go out into the field. I've been in country almost three months, and all I do is take handshake shots at award ceremonies."''
A combat photographer who works with Joker.
* ArmchairMilitary / MarinesAtTheRear: Laments having to be this when he's first introduced.
* MamaBear: His mother, according to Joker.
* NaiveNewcomer: Rafterman receives a healthy dose of exposition.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He's run over by a tank in the book.
-> ''"I hate Da Nang, Joker. I want to go out into the field. I've been in country almost three months, and all I do is take handshake shots at award ceremonies."''
A combat photographer who works with Joker.
* ArmchairMilitary / MarinesAtTheRear: Laments having to be this when he's first introduced.
* MamaBear: His mother, according to Joker.
* NaiveNewcomer: Rafterman receives a healthy dose of exposition.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* SparedByTheAdaptation: He's run over by a tank in the book.
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* WouldHurtAGirl / WouldHurtAChild: In the end he's forced to do this, though he finds it extremely difficult to do.
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* WouldHurtAGirl WouldHitAGirl / WouldHurtAChild: In the end he's forced to do this, though he finds it extremely difficult to do.
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* WouldHurtAGirl/WouldHurtAChild: In the end he's forced to do this, though he finds it extremely difficult to do.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/OnlyKnownByTheirNicknameNamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast / OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
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* VitriolicBestBuds: With Eightball to some extent.
!! Corporal Eightball
-> ''"Put a nigger behind the trigger."''
An African-American member of the squad who is insensitive about his ethnicity, and is Animal Mother's closest friend.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: He's the one sent to do recon and the first to be gunned down by the sniper. He's [[GenreSavvy helplessly aware of the trope]]. Black soldiers in the Vietnam War often got assigned the less desirable or more dangerous tasks [[TruthInTelevision as a matter of course]].
* BlackIsBiggerInBed: "No boom-boom with the soul brother". Eightball has to graphically debunk it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Just see his quote above.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Animal Mother to some extent.
!! Corporal Eightball
-> ''"Put a nigger behind the trigger."''
An African-American member of the squad who is insensitive about his ethnicity, and is Animal Mother's closest friend.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: He's the one sent to do recon and the first to be gunned down by the sniper. He's [[GenreSavvy helplessly aware of the trope]]. Black soldiers in the Vietnam War often got assigned the less desirable or more dangerous tasks [[TruthInTelevision as a matter of course]].
* BlackIsBiggerInBed: "No boom-boom with the soul brother". Eightball has to graphically debunk it.
* DeadpanSnarker: Just see his quote above.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Animal Mother to some extent.
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* [[SociopathicSoldier SociopathicMarine]]: Probably one of the best examples.
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* [[SociopathicSoldier SociopathicMarine]]: Sociopathic Marine]]: Probably one of the best examples.
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!! Private/Corporal/Sergeant James T. "Joker" Davis
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!! Private/Sergeant Robert "Cowboy" Evans
Joker's best friend from basic training.
* DeepSouth: How he got his nickname. "Only steers and queers come from Texas!"
* DiesWideOpen: After getting sniped.
* GenreSavvy: Cowboy knows better than to try recovering the wounded Marines shot by the sniper because he knows from experience that the sniper is just trying to lure them into the line of fire one by one.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Subverted. while cleaning the head (bathroom) Joker says to Cowboy "I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?" to which Cowboy simply replies "What've you got?" Cowboy later brings it up again in Vietnam, when he ask if Joker has been getting any to which Joker replies, "Only your sister".
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Cowboy is spared in the sense that his death is much quicker (by a single shot) in the film. In the book, he runs into the ambush and mercy-kills the wounded men, but before he can kill himself, the sniper shoots his pistol out of his hand and wounds him repeatedly. Joker then mercy-kills him in turn.
* TooDumbToLive: Hey, Cowboy, maybe you shouldn't hide behind the part of the wall with a big hole in it. *BAM* Never mind.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After his squad leader is killed in action.
!! Sergeant Animal Mother
The nihilistic M60 machine gunner in the squad.
* BadAssBandolier: He has two bandoliers of ammo for his M-60 crossed over his torso.
* BloodKnight: Oh yeah.
* JerkAss: He's openly racist and immediately antagonizes Joker.
* MilitaryMaverick: Responds to Cowboy's order to stay put with "Fuck you".
* MoreDakka: With his M60 machine gun.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Refuses to leave Doc Jay and Eightball behind. It's pretty much his one redeeming quality.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His hail of gunfire, punctuated by bellicose swearing as he chases after the sniper.
* SirSwearsALot: Qualifies to a fault, especially when pissed.
* SociopathicMarine: Probably one of the best examples.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The films ends with Animal Mother in charge of the squad.
Joker's best friend from basic training.
* DeepSouth: How he got his nickname. "Only steers and queers come from Texas!"
* DiesWideOpen: After getting sniped.
* GenreSavvy: Cowboy knows better than to try recovering the wounded Marines shot by the sniper because he knows from experience that the sniper is just trying to lure them into the line of fire one by one.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: Subverted. while cleaning the head (bathroom) Joker says to Cowboy "I wanna slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?" to which Cowboy simply replies "What've you got?" Cowboy later brings it up again in Vietnam, when he ask if Joker has been getting any to which Joker replies, "Only your sister".
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Cowboy is spared in the sense that his death is much quicker (by a single shot) in the film. In the book, he runs into the ambush and mercy-kills the wounded men, but before he can kill himself, the sniper shoots his pistol out of his hand and wounds him repeatedly. Joker then mercy-kills him in turn.
* TooDumbToLive: Hey, Cowboy, maybe you shouldn't hide behind the part of the wall with a big hole in it. *BAM* Never mind.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After his squad leader is killed in action.
!! Sergeant Animal Mother
The nihilistic M60 machine gunner in the squad.
* BadAssBandolier: He has two bandoliers of ammo for his M-60 crossed over his torso.
* BloodKnight: Oh yeah.
* JerkAss: He's openly racist and immediately antagonizes Joker.
* MilitaryMaverick: Responds to Cowboy's order to stay put with "Fuck you".
* MoreDakka: With his M60 machine gun.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast/OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Refuses to leave Doc Jay and Eightball behind. It's pretty much his one redeeming quality.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: His hail of gunfire, punctuated by bellicose swearing as he chases after the sniper.
* SirSwearsALot: Qualifies to a fault, especially when pissed.
* SociopathicMarine: Probably one of the best examples.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The films ends with Animal Mother in charge of the squad.
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!! James T. "Joker" Davis
-> ''"Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?"''
The protagonist.
* BloodKnight: Joker claims that he joined the Corps to be a killer. However, he's probably being sarcastic, since he's a military journalist, and when he has to perform a MercyKill, he finds it very hard.
* DeadpanSnarker: How he got his nickname.
* GenreSavvy: He handles Pyle much better than Hartman when he finds Pyle with a loaded gun.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Joked about when he meets Animal Mother.
* Irony: Joker puts a peace sign in his helmet, on which is written "Born to Kill" ("I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.")
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Best seen during his interactions with Cowboy and Gomer Pyle.
* MeaningfulName: Private Joker, "a fucking comedian".
* MercyKill: Ends up giving one to the Vietnamese sniper.
* ThousandYardStare: At the end, after killing the sniper.
* WouldHurtAGirl/WouldHurtAChild: In the end he's forced to do this, though he finds it extremely difficult to do.
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!! James T. "Joker" Davis
-> ''"Is that you John Wayne? Is this me?"''
The protagonist.
* BloodKnight: Joker claims that he joined the Corps to be a killer. However, he's probably being sarcastic, since he's a military journalist, and when he has to perform a MercyKill, he finds it very hard.
* DeadpanSnarker: How he got his nickname.
* GenreSavvy: He handles Pyle much better than Hartman when he finds Pyle with a loaded gun.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Joked about when he meets Animal Mother.
* Irony: Joker puts a peace sign in his helmet, on which is written "Born to Kill" ("I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir.")
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Best seen during his interactions with Cowboy and Gomer Pyle.
* MeaningfulName: Private Joker, "a fucking comedian".
* MercyKill: Ends up giving one to the Vietnamese sniper.
* ThousandYardStare: At the end, after killing the sniper.
* WouldHurtAGirl/WouldHurtAChild: In the end he's forced to do this, though he finds it extremely difficult to do.
