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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: In the movie, she opts to let a yellow-spotted lizard bite her rather than die of dehydration or give Charles and Linda Walker her accumulated loot.

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: In the movie, she opts to let goad a yellow-spotted lizard bite into biting her rather than die dying of dehydration or give giving Charles and Linda Walker her accumulated loot.loot.


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* PeerAsTeacher: When Kate was still a kindly {{schoolmarm}}, she taught children in the morning and adults in the evening. [[HotTeacher She was very pretty]] and some of her adult students were young men about her age who were a lot more interested in her than in getting an education -- but they ''only'' got an education.
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* NoodleIncident: He's revealed at the end to have had past dealings with the Texas Rangers, to the point that the Ranger Miss Morengo brought with hher knows him by name and that he's violating his parole by carrying a gun.

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* NoodleIncident: He's revealed at the end to have had past dealings with the Texas Rangers, to the point that the Ranger Miss Morengo brought with hher her knows him by name and that he's violating his parole by carrying a gun.

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--> '''Magnet''': Maybe they made it. Maybe they're free.
--> '''Squid''': Maybe my mom will quit drinking and my dad'll come home.



* HateSink: Among the three main members of the Camp Green Lake staff, he's the first one to be a clear target of the readers' hate, being an irritable, cold-hearted, and all-around unpleasant man. Lessened somewhat in the movie, where he gets some funny lines.

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* HateSink: Among the three main members of the Camp Green Lake staff, he's the first one to be a clear target of the readers' hate, being an irritable, cold-hearted, and all-around unpleasant man. Lessened somewhat in the movie, where he gets some funny lines.to crack a few jokes and [[StabTheScorpion save Stanley from a lizard]].



** In the movie, when Stanley is first attacked by a lizard, Mr. Sir shoots it and tries to calm Stanley down.

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** In the movie, when Stanley is first attacked by a lizard, Mr. Sir shoots it and tries to calm encourages Stanley down.to get a good night's rest.



* AdaptationTitleChange: An extremely minor one, but he's referred to as "Dr. Pendanski" in the movie, while he's "Mr." in the books. Mr. Sir even points out that "Pendanski isn't no doctor" while under arrest.



-->'''Mr. Pendanski:''' (''in a disgustingly perky voice'') You know why we call him Zero? Because there's nothin' going on in his stupid little head!

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-->'''Mr. Pendanski:''' -->'''Pendanski:''' (''in a disgustingly perky voice'') You know why we call him Zero? Because there's nothin' going on in his stupid little head!

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* HonorBeforeReason: After running away from Camp Green Lake, he refuses to return despite dying of thirst out in the desert.


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* NeverGoingBackToPrison: After running away from Camp Green Lake, he refuses to return despite dying of thirst out in the desert.
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* NoodleIncident: He's revealed at the end to have had past dealings with the Attorney General, to the point that the AG knows him by name and that he's violating his parole by carrying a gun.

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* NoodleIncident: He's revealed at the end to have had past dealings with the Attorney General, Texas Rangers, to the point that the AG Ranger Miss Morengo brought with hher knows him by name and that he's violating his parole by carrying a gun.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cruelly denying a thirsty Stanley something to drink while joking how he'll be thirsty for the next eighteen months is a perfect introduction to what kind of person he is.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Cruelly denying a thirsty Stanley something to drink while [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor joking how he'll be thirsty for the next eighteen months months]] is a perfect introduction to what kind of person he is.


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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: "Once upon a time, there was a magical place where it never rained. The end!"
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Him bullying Stanley into letting him take the credit for the lipstick tube delays the Warden's efforts to find the treasure.
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* HypocriticallyHeartwarming: In the film, he gives Stanley a hug and tells him that the real world isn't as friendly as D-Tent was to him when he leaves, despite the fact that he was just as rough towards Stanley as his book counterpart was up to that point.

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* HypocriticallyHeartwarming: HypocriticalHeartwarming: In the film, he gives Stanley a hug and tells him that the real world isn't as friendly as D-Tent was to him when he leaves, despite the fact that he was just as rough towards Stanley as his book counterpart was up to that point.
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* HypocriticallyHeartwearming: In the film, he gives Stanley a hug and tells him that the real world isn't as friendly as D-Tent was to him when he leaves, despite the fact that he was just as rough towards Stanley as his book counterpart was up to that point.

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* HypocriticallyHeartwearming: HypocriticallyHeartwarming: In the film, he gives Stanley a hug and tells him that the real world isn't as friendly as D-Tent was to him when he leaves, despite the fact that he was just as rough towards Stanley as his book counterpart was up to that point.
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* HypocriticallyHeartwearming: In the film, he gives Stanley a hug and tells him that the real world isn't as friendly as D-Tent was to him when he leaves, despite the fact that he was just as rough towards Stanley as his book counterpart was up to that point.


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** Downplayed in the film, as while he still pushes Stanley around, it's made more apparent that they still [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold consider each other to be friends]], with X-Ray even giving Stanley a heartfelt goodbye and a promise to meet again when he leaves.
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* RagsToRiches: In the movie, he was an orphaned kid who grew up to becomes a famous baseball player. Him paying it forward and donating a pair of shoes to help the shelter he grew up in is what kickstarts the story.
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* EvilMakesYouUgly: His obsession with finding Kate's treasure made him neglect to take care of his personal hygiene well into his old age, causing his hair to fall out in random places and several of his teeth to go missing.


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* KickTheDog: When his young granddaughter rightfully states she's tired from the forced digging, his response is to shout "That's too damn bad!" and order her to continue digging.
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** In his first scene, he gives a can of soda to the guard and the bus driver who had to travel 9 hours to get to Camp Green Lake. [[BaitTheDog He wasn't nearly as kind to Stanley when he thought one was for him, though]].
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Added a reference to how Europeans used to believe the Romani came from Egypt, and thus how Madame Zeroni would be referred to as an Egyptian in the book and given the garbs and cliches of a Romani in the film.


* NoodleIncident: How and why an Egyptian woman made her way to Latvia is never explained.

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* NoodleIncident: How and why an Egyptian woman made her way to Latvia is never explained. Possibly explained by how for centuries Europeans believed the Romani came from Egypt rather than India, and thus called them Gypsies.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Her first act as Kissin' Kate was assassinating [[PoliceAreUseless the sheriff that refused to act]] on the night of Sam's murder and demanded a kiss from her as a trade-off to just run Sam out of town rather than lynch him. After shooting him, she then gave him that kiss he asked for.

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Her first act as Kissin' Kate was assassinating [[PoliceAreUseless the sheriff that who refused to act]] on the night of Sam's murder and demanded a kiss from her as a trade-off to just run Sam out of town rather than lynch him. After shooting him, she then gave him that kiss he asked for.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The way she runs Camp Green Lake and treats the campers (and lets her counselors treat them, for that matter) is inexcusable, but when you learn that her grandfather was an abusive asshole that forced her to dig ''every day'' of her childhood, not even taking a day off on Christmas or her birthday, and consider the fact that in the end, she never even gets to ''see'' the treasure she's dedicated her life to looking for, it's hard not to feel a little sorry for her.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: The way she runs Camp Green Lake and treats the campers (and lets her counselors treat them, for that matter) is inexcusable, but when you learn that her grandfather was an abusive asshole that who forced her to dig ''every day'' of her childhood, not even taking a day off on Christmas or her birthday, and consider the fact that in the end, she never even gets to ''see'' the treasure she's dedicated her life to looking for, it's hard not to feel a little sorry for her.
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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: What his rattlesnake bite was. In the film, he even took his shoe off first to make sure it happened.

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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: What his rattlesnake bite was. In When Stanley asks how the film, rest of the campers are sure it was on purpose, they tell him he even took his shoe and sock off first to make sure it happened.first, something the movie actually shows.

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