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* MrFixit: Kate starts breaking things in the schoolhouse just so she can have an excuse to see him.
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* MrFixit: Kate starts breaking asking him to fix things in the schoolhouse just so she can have an excuse to see him.him, until it's so pristine there's nothing left to be fixed [[spoiler: except her breaking heart.]]
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* HumiliationConga: Goes through this, especially at the end of the movie. First her authority breaks down, then Stanley finds the chest, and it has his name on it. Then it's got Stanley's name on it. She's not allowed to have it ''because'' it has his name on it, Stanley refuses to let her look inside, and she and the other camp staff are arrested.
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* HumiliationConga: Goes through this, especially at the end of the movie. First her authority breaks down, then Stanley finds the chest, and it has his name on it. Then it's got Stanley's name on it. She's not allowed to have it ''because'' it has his name on it, Stanley refuses to let her look inside, and she and the other camp staff are arrested.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, Stanley starts out being overweight, but eventually loses weight from digging. In the movie, he is portrayed by ShiaLeBeouf; a thin, fit, and quite attractive young man.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, Stanley starts out being overweight, but eventually loses weight from digging. In the movie, he is portrayed by ShiaLeBeouf; ShiaLaBeouf; a thin, fit, and quite attractive young man.
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* MrFixitMrFixit: Kate starts breaking things in the schoolhouse just so she can have an excuse to see him.
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* GenderBenderName: His first name is [[spoiler:Marion.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Became one after forgetting to bring Madame Zeroni up the mountain. He's also blamed to the present day for causing the family curse, though not maliciously.
* LoveMakesYouBlind: He was too infatuated with Myra to realize she was dumber than a brick, until he decides she isn't worth it.
* LoveMakesYouBlind: He was too infatuated with Myra to realize she was dumber than a brick, until he decides she isn't worth it.
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* ButtMonkey: Became one after forgetting to bring Madame Zeroni up the mountain. He's also blamed to the present day for causing the family curse, being though not maliciously.of as a no good dirty rotten thief by his descendants.
*LoveMakesYouBlind: LoveMakesYouDumb: He was too infatuated with Myra to realize she was dumber than a brick, until he decides she isn't worth it.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's nice if you agree with him. Don't, and have fun watching the rest of the camp abandon you with him. He's also a bit of a bully to Stanley, doing things like taking his food early on, and making Stanley give up the lipstick tube he found just so he can get a day off.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's nice if you agree with him. Don't, and have fun watching the rest of the camp abandon you with him. He's also a bit of a bully to Stanley, doing things like taking his food early on, and making Stanley give up the gold lipstick tube belonging to Kate Barlow he found just so he can get a day off.
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* TheOldConvict: A form of it. He's adjusted the best to Camp Green Lake, too well in Stanley's opinion, and thus is the best at coercing the others to agree with him.
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* TheOldConvict: A form of it. He's been around the longest and adjusted the best to Camp Green Lake, too well in Stanley's opinion, and thus is the best at coercing the others to agree with him.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Zigzag may seem harmlessy weird, but smart campers realize that the crazy ones are worse than the mean ones.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Zigzag may seem harmlessy harmlessly weird, but smart campers realize that the crazy ones are worse than the mean ones.
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* NoodleIncident: We never find out what he got arrested for, but he eventually apologizes to his mother for it.
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* BiggerBad: Even though he's long dead by the main plot, his actions caused basically everything at Camp Green Lake.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Toward Kate.
* FromRichesToRags: When the drought hit, his fortune dried up with the lake.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Toward Kate.
* FromRichesToRags: When the drought hit, his fortune dried up with the lake.
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* BiggerBad: Even though he's long dead by time the main plot, plot rolls around, his actions caused basically everything at Camp Green Lake.
*EntitledToHaveYou: Toward Kate.
* FromRichesToRags:BreakTheHaughty: When the drought hit, his fortune dried up with the lake.lake.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Towards Kate.
--> '''Trout:''' (after Kate rejects an offer to go out with him) "No one ever says 'no' to Charles Walker!"
--> '''Kate:''' "I believe I just did."
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Towards Kate.
--> '''Trout:''' (after Kate rejects an offer to go out with him) "No one ever says 'no' to Charles Walker!"
--> '''Kate:''' "I believe I just did."
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's nice if you agree with him. Don't, and have fun watching the rest of the camp abandon you with him.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's nice if you agree with him. Don't, and have fun watching the rest of the camp abandon you with him. He's also a bit of a bully to Stanley, doing things like taking his food early on, and making Stanley give up the lipstick tube he found just so he can get a day off.
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** In the film he is arrested for stealing a puppy he felt was overpriced. It was apparently $1000.
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!!The Warden
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!!The WardenWarden ([[spoiler:Louise Walker]])
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* ClassicalAntiHero: Stanley starts out awkward, unconfident, and overweight. A few months at Green Lake changes that.
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* ClassicalAntiHero: Stanley starts out awkward, unconfident, with low confidence, and overweight. A few months at Green Lake changes that.that.
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* ButtMonkey: Like father, like son (as well as his own father and grandfather).
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* HappilyMarried: With Stanley's mother.
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* HappilyMarried: With Stanley's Father.
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* ButtMonkey: He was a successful financier, but had his fortune robbed from him by Kissin' Kate.
* CloudCuckoolander: Assumed to be one due to saying he "found refuge on God's thumb", though he ''was'' just a bit senile from being dehydrated and hungry after being stranded in the desert.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Fell in love with the nurse that tended to him after he was rescued.
* ThrowTheDogABone: For some unknown reason, Kate Barlow decided to spare his life.
* CloudCuckoolander: Assumed to be one due to saying he "found refuge on God's thumb", though he ''was'' just a bit senile from being dehydrated and hungry after being stranded in the desert.
* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Fell in love with the nurse that tended to him after he was rescued.
* ThrowTheDogABone: For some unknown reason, Kate Barlow decided to spare his life.
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* ButtMonkey: Became one after forgetting to bring Madame Zeroni up the mountain. He's also blamed to the present day for causing the family curse, though not maliciously.
* LoveMakesYouBlind: He was too infatuated with Myra to realize she was dumber than a brick, until he decides she isn't worth it.
* NiceGuy
* LoveMakesYouBlind: He was too infatuated with Myra to realize she was dumber than a brick, until he decides she isn't worth it.
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* GenderBlenderName: His first name is [[spoiler:Marion.]]
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* GenderBlenderName: GenderBenderName: His first name is [[spoiler:Marion.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Her grandfather (Trout Walker) was not a pleasant person, and forced her to dig for Kate Barlow's money in the desert everyday, even on Christmas]].
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
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* [[spoiler:MalignedMixedMarriage: [[spoiler: [[MalignedMixedMarriage Maligned Mixed Relationship]]: Her romance with Sam, a black man, turned the entire town against her.]]
*FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was StarcrossedLovers: With Sam.
!!Charles "Trout" Walker
The richest man of the Green Lake town, Trout had abeloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt little crush on Kate Barlow. When she rejects him, he doesn't take it very well.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Was this towards his granddaughter (the future Warden of the camp), making her dig everyday for Kate's stash, even on Christmas]].
* AndYourLittleDogToo: [[spoiler: Aside from killing Sam, he also shot Sam's donkey Mary Lou, just because]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: Toward Kate.
* FromRichesToRags: When the drought hit, his fortune dried up with the lake.
* IfICantHaveYou: After Kate rejects him, he responds by [[spoiler: burning her school building down and killing her lover Sam in cold blood]].
* {{Jerkass}}
* LaserGuidedKarma
!!Sam the Onion Man
A blacklover killed]], onion farmer who lived at Green Lake, who was well liked by the citizens for his delicious onions and the remedies he came up with them. However [[spoiler: after which she went off kissing Kate Barlow, the deep end and became whole town turns against him]].
* MrFixit
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white woman, turned the entire town against him.]]
* NiceGuy
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!!Charles "Trout" Walker
The richest man of the Green Lake town, Trout had a
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Was this towards his granddaughter (the future Warden of the camp), making her dig everyday for Kate's stash, even on Christmas]].
* AndYourLittleDogToo: [[spoiler: Aside from killing Sam, he also shot Sam's donkey Mary Lou, just because]].
* EntitledToHaveYou: Toward Kate.
* FromRichesToRags: When the drought hit, his fortune dried up with the lake.
* IfICantHaveYou: After Kate rejects him, he responds by [[spoiler: burning her school building down and killing her lover Sam in cold blood]].
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!!Sam the Onion Man
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* BrainlessBeauty: According to Madame Zeroni, Zeroni describes her as having a head is as empty as a flower pot.
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** DoNotCallMePaul: No wonder he prefers to be called Sir.
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* CatchPhrase: "Excuse me?" When she says this, you know that you are digging two holes: the one you're supposed to do, and ''your grave''.
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* {{Wooleyism}}: {{In-universe}}, she changes the words of "the pig song" so that the lyrics rhyme in English.
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The protagonist of ''Holes''. Stanley is a teenage boy who was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.
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* ClassicalAntiHero: Stanley starts out awkward, unconfident, and overweight.
* ClearMyName: Stanley didn't steal Clyde Livingston's shoes, but was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. Thus his arrest.
* TookALevelInBadass: A month and a half at Camp Green Lake has him become stronger, lose a lot of weight and be more confident and happy with himself.
* WideEyedIdealist: Can be a bit of one, which sometimes gets him in trouble. He mistakenly assumed Camp Green Lake would be a nice place (it wasn't), that Livingston's shoes would solve his family's poverty (they got him arrested), and that him and Zero meeting was destiny (perhaps it might).
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* BunglingInventor: He's trying to invent a way to recycle old sneakers. He has plenty of talent and persistence, but the family curse denies him luck.
* ForgotToPayTheBill: The poverty of his family means he and the landlord often fight over the rent payment.
* BunglingInventor: He's trying to invent a way to recycle old sneakers. He has plenty of talent and persistence, but the family curse denies him luck.
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!!Mr. Pendanski
!!The Warden
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* BigBad: She's the head of the camp, and everyone else answers to her.
* SamusIsAGirl: She's not revealed to be a woman until a third of the way into the book.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Residents of Green Lake]]
!!"Kissing Kate" Katherine Barlow
An infamous outlaw of the Wild West who robbed settlers and kissed the men she killed. This feared bandit, however, used to be a sweet schoolteacher who brewed delicious spiced peaches in the idyllic town of Green Lake.
* SamusIsAGirl: She's not revealed to be a woman until a third of the way into the book.
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[[folder:Residents of Green Lake]]
!!"Kissing Kate" Katherine Barlow
An infamous outlaw of the Wild West who robbed settlers and kissed the men she killed. This feared bandit, however, used to be a sweet schoolteacher who brewed delicious spiced peaches in the idyllic town of Green Lake.
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* BigBad: She's AddictionDisplacement: He's constantly eating sunflower seeds in an effort to avoid smoking. [[spoiler:He lapses back at the head end of the book.]]
* BerserkButton: Don't ask him about [[spoiler:the scars on his face after the Warden slashed him.]]
* TheDragon: The primary enforcer at the camp, andeveryone else answers to her.
for a while Stanley thought he was the Warden.
*SamusIsAGirl: She's not revealed GenderBlenderName: His first name is [[spoiler:Marion.]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Midway through the book he gets three scars on the side of his face from [[spoiler:the Warden slashing him with her rattlesnake venom-painted nails.]]
* [[spoiler:RetiredOutlaw: Implied to bea woman until a third one when the police arrest him at the end of the way into film.]]
!!Mr. Pendanski
->'''Portrayed By''': Tim Blake Nelson
The counselor of D Tent. He's much nicer than Mr. Sir, and claims he wants to reform thebook.
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[[folder:Residents of Green Lake]]
!!"Kissing Kate" Katherine Barlow
An infamous outlaw of the Wild West who robbed settlers and kissed the men she killed. This feared bandit, however, used to be a sweet schoolteacher who brewed delicious spiced peaches in the idyllic town of Green Lake.boys.
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!!Mr. Pendanski
->'''Portrayed By''': Tim Blake Nelson
The counselor of D Tent. He's much nicer than Mr. Sir, and claims he wants to reform the
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[[folder:Residents of Green Lake]]
!!"Kissing Kate" Katherine Barlow
An infamous outlaw of the Wild West who robbed settlers and kissed the men she killed. This feared bandit, however, used to be a sweet schoolteacher who brewed delicious spiced peaches in the idyllic town of Green Lake.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing: He's just as rotten as the other staffers, he just does a better job of hiding it.]]
* KickTheDog: While he's nice to almost all the campers, he's not above giving a jab or two to Zero. [[spoiler:It's the first hint that he's not as nice as he really is.]]
** [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack: Zero snaps and hits him in the face with a shovel.]]
* PetTheDog: He gives a few favors to Stanley, such as offering him a ride back in his truck or giving him extra water after Mr. Sir stops giving him any.
* [[spoiler:PlayfulHacker: In ''The Guide to Surviving Camp Green Lake'', it's revealed he was expelled for hacking his college's database and changing the grades. This gets him hired by the Warden.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: His kindness contrasts the sternness of Mr. Sir and the Warden. [[spoiler:It's all an act, though.]]
* WideEyedIdealist: He often assures the boys that they've still got abeloved teacher life past Camp Green Lake, even though it feels like they've been digging forever. At one point he even holds a meeting to ask them what job they hope to get.
!!The Warden
The Warden runs Camp Green Lake, and owns the desert it's on. For the most part she's never seen by the campers, and they and the staff know better than to mess with her.
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* BigBad: She's the head of the camp, and everyone else answers to her.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Her politeness and casual manner doesn't fool anyone. As soon as she faces you, it's clear who definitely is the one in charge.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Somehow she knows Stanley's nickname even though he never met her before. When he asks the others about this, they tell him she has tiny security cameras.
* SamusIsAGirl: She's not revealed to be a woman until[[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off a third of the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
way into the book.
* KickTheDog: While he's nice to almost all the campers, he's not above giving a jab or two to Zero. [[spoiler:It's the first hint that he's not as nice as he really is.]]
** [[spoiler:TheDogBitesBack: Zero snaps and hits him in the face with a shovel.]]
* PetTheDog: He gives a few favors to Stanley, such as offering him a ride back in his truck or giving him extra water after Mr. Sir stops giving him any.
* [[spoiler:PlayfulHacker: In ''The Guide to Surviving Camp Green Lake'', it's revealed he was expelled for hacking his college's database and changing the grades. This gets him hired by the Warden.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: His kindness contrasts the sternness of Mr. Sir and the Warden. [[spoiler:It's all an act, though.]]
* WideEyedIdealist: He often assures the boys that they've still got a
!!The Warden
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Her politeness and casual manner doesn't fool anyone. As soon as she faces you, it's clear who definitely is the one in charge.
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!!Madame Zeroni
An Egyptian fortuneteller and mentor to Elya Yelnats, responsible for the curse on the Yelnats family. She disapproves of his romantic longing for Myra Menke, but helped him anyway in making him a more attractive suitor.
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[[folder:Residents of Latvia]]
!!Madame Zeroni
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!!"Kissing Kate" Katherine Barlow
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!!Madame Zeroni
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
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[[folder:Residents of Latvia]]
!!Madame Zeroni
An Egyptian fortuneteller and mentor to Elya Yelnats, responsible for the curse on the Yelnats family. She disapproves of his romantic longing for Myra Menke, but helped him anyway in making him a more attractive suitor.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
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[[folder:Residents of Latvia]]
!!Madame Zeroni
An Egyptian fortuneteller and mentor to Elya Yelnats, responsible for the curse on the Yelnats family. She disapproves of his romantic longing for Myra Menke, but helped him anyway in making him a more attractive suitor.
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!!The Warden
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* SamusIsAGirl: She's not revealed to be a woman until a third of the way into the book.
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!!"Kissing Kate" Katherine Barlow
An infamous outlaw of the Wild West who robbed settlers and kissed the men she killed. This feared bandit, however, used to be a sweet schoolteacher who brewed delicious spiced peaches in the idyllic town of Green Lake.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
An infamous outlaw of the Wild West who robbed settlers and kissed the men she killed. This feared bandit, however, used to be a sweet schoolteacher who brewed delicious spiced peaches in the idyllic town of Green Lake.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare / UsedToBeASweetKid: She was a beloved teacher until [[spoiler:her schoolhouse was burnt down and her black lover killed]], after which she went off the deep end and became a murderous outlaw.
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-->'''Madame Zeroni''': Morris Menke is a ''schmuck''.
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!!Igor Barkoff
The other suitor for Myra's hand.
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* {{Greed}}: Elya offers him love. Igor offers him a pig. In his words, "I'd rather have a fat pig."
* {{Jerkass}}: He laughs at Elya's request to marry Myra, and has no qualms about marrying her to someone forty years older than her.
!!Igor Barkoff
The other suitor for Myra's hand.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He laughs at Elya's request to marry Myra, and has no qualms about marrying her to someone forty years older than her.
!!Igor Barkoff
The other suitor for Myra's hand.
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* UncannyValley: {{In-universe}}. Her eyes are very large and her smile is said to be too big for her face, which unnerves anybody that looks at her.
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The beautiful daughter of Morris Menke, and Elya's object of affection.
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* BrainlessBeauty: According to Madame Zeroni, her head is as empty as a flower pot.
-->'''Elya''': But she is beautiful.
-->'''Madame Zeroni''': So is a flowerpot.
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* BrainlessBeauty: According to Madame Zeroni, her head is as empty as a flower pot.
-->'''Elya''': But she is beautiful.
-->'''Madame Zeroni''': So is a flowerpot.
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The other suitor for Myra's hand.
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* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: He marries Myra, though only because Elya realized she's a terrible choice for bride.]]
* DumbMuscle: The town loves its mud wrestlers, and Igor is one of the biggest of them. But he can't even count to ten.
* TheIgor: Literally.
* MayDecemberRomance: Myra is 15. Igor is 57.
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* [[TwitchyEye Twitchy Everything]]Everything]]: According to him, he starts twitching ''even more'' when he gets near a nice car.
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* TheBigGuyTheBigGuy: Big enough that his school's coach keeps begging for him to be on the football team.
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* ObsfucatingStupidity: Everyone thinks Zero's an idiot, since he never reacts to anything they say to him, but he really does it because he's knows it's smarter to keep his mouth shut.
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* ObsfucatingStupidity: ObfuscatingStupidity: Everyone thinks Zero's an idiot, since he never reacts to anything they say to him, but he really does it because he's knows it's smarter to keep his mouth shut.
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The protagonist's father. He's an unsuccessful inventor who is looking for a way to recycle old sneakers.
!!Stanley's mother
The mother of the protagonist, who doesn't believe in the family curse.
!!Stanley's mother
The mother of the protagonist, who doesn't believe in the family curse.
The protagonist's grandfather. He's exclusive to the movie.
The protagonist's great-grandfather, who was robbed by outlaw Kissing Kate Barlow and left stranded in the desert.
The protagonist's "no good, dirty, rotten, pig stealing great-great-grandfather", who is responsible for getting his family cursed with bad luck.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: She's the only stroke of good luck in Elya's life after he was cursed.
** ScrewDestiny: One could interpret her decision to stay with Elya this way.
* {{Wooleyism}}: {{In-universe}}, she changes the words of "the pig song" so that the lyrics rhyme in English.
** ScrewDestiny: One could interpret her decision to stay with Elya this way.
* {{Wooleyism}}: {{In-universe}}, she changes the words of "the pig song" so that the lyrics rhyme in English.
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!!Armpit (Theodore)
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's nice if you agree with him. Don't, and have fun watching the rest of the camp abandon you with him.
** After he gets out of Camp Green Lake, he clearly has learned nothing and goes back to the same get-rich-quick schemes.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: X-Ray was arrested for selling what everyone thought was cocaine and marijuana, but it turned out to be chopped up aspirin and parsley. However, selling aspirin without a pharmaceutical license was still illegal.
** After he gets out of Camp Green Lake, he clearly has learned nothing and goes back to the same get-rich-quick schemes.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: X-Ray was arrested for selling what everyone thought was cocaine and marijuana, but it turned out to be chopped up aspirin and parsley. However, selling aspirin without a pharmaceutical license was still illegal.
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!!Zigzag ()
(Ricky)
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* CloudCuckooLander: He has frizzy hair and a long neck, reads an old Tv guide like he's reading it for the first time every time, watches the broken TV in the Wreck Room, and always knows what the time and date is.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Zigzag may seem harmlessy weird, but smart campers realize that the crazy ones are worse than the mean ones.
* CloudCuckooLander: He has frizzy hair and a long neck, reads an oldTv TV guide like he's reading it for the first time every time, watches the broken TV in the Wreck Room, and always knows what the time and date is.
!!Squid
!!Magnetis.
* HypocriticalHumor: Stanley considers it this when Zigzag calls Zero weird.
* PyroManiac: He was arrested for burning styrofoam on his school's lawn, only for the flames to get out of control and burn down a portable classroom.
-->'''Zigzag''': I didn't want to hurt anyone. I just like watching things burn.
* WildHair: Named for his stand-up, frizzy hair.
!!Squid (Alan)
* CloudCuckooLander: He has frizzy hair and a long neck, reads an old
!!Squid
!!Magnet
* HypocriticalHumor: Stanley considers it this when Zigzag calls Zero weird.
* PyroManiac: He was arrested for burning styrofoam on his school's lawn, only for the flames to get out of control and burn down a portable classroom.
-->'''Zigzag''': I didn't want to hurt anyone. I just like watching things burn.
* WildHair: Named for his stand-up, frizzy hair.
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* TheAlcoholic: His mother is one.
* DisappearedDad: He left many years ago.
* DontAsk: He snarls at Stanley to leave him alone when the latter overhears him crying.
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* NoodleIncident: We never find out what he got arrested for, but he eventually apologizes to his mother for it.
* SandInMyEyes: "I got allergies, okay?"
!!Magnet (Jose)
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* DisappearedDad: He left many years ago.
* DontAsk: He snarls at Stanley to leave him alone when the latter overhears him crying.
* TheGenericGuy
* NoodleIncident: We never find out what he got arrested for, but he eventually apologizes to his mother for it.
* SandInMyEyes: "I got allergies, okay?"
!!Magnet (Jose)
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The inmate who previously occupied Stanley's place, until he was taken to the hospital.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: He stepped on a rattlesnake and got bitten. [[spoiler:Intentionally.]]
* [[spoiler:DeliberateInjuryGambit: What his rattlesnake bite turned out to be. He even took his shoe off first to make sure it happened.]]
* [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOutOfHere: He deliberately got bit because he wanted to get out of Camp Green Lake.]]
* VomitDiscretionShot: Supposedly he often vomited. Good thing we weren't around to see it.
!!Twitch (Brian)
An inmate who arrives after Stanley. He is constantly twitching, and loves fast cars.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: His attention span is very short, and he's implied to have ADHD.
* FragileSpeedster: He's the faster digger Camp Green Lake has ever had... for about 15 minutes. Then he loses his strength and grows too tired to dig.
* HassleFreeHotwire: He was arrested for hotwiring a sports car and stealing it for a joyride.
* [[TwitchyEye Twitchy Everything]]
* [[spoiler:DeliberateInjuryGambit: What his rattlesnake bite turned out to be. He even took his shoe off first to make sure it happened.]]
* [[spoiler:ScrewThisImOutOfHere: He deliberately got bit because he wanted to get out of Camp Green Lake.]]
* VomitDiscretionShot: Supposedly he often vomited. Good thing we weren't around to see it.
!!Twitch (Brian)
An inmate who arrives after Stanley. He is constantly twitching, and loves fast cars.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: His attention span is very short, and he's implied to have ADHD.
* FragileSpeedster: He's the faster digger Camp Green Lake has ever had... for about 15 minutes. Then he loses his strength and grows too tired to dig.
* HassleFreeHotwire: He was arrested for hotwiring a sports car and stealing it for a joyride.
* [[TwitchyEye Twitchy Everything]]
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!!Mr. Pendanski
!!The Warden ()
!!Mr. Pendanski
!!The Warden ()
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!!Myra Menke
!!Morris Menke
!!Igor Barkoff
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!!Myra Menke
!!Morris Menke
!!Igor Barkoff
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[[folder:The Yelnats Family]]
!!Stanley Yelnats IV
The protagonist of ''Holes''. Stanley is a teenage boy who was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.
!!Stanley Yelnats III
!!Stanley Yelnats II
!!Stanley Yelnats I
!!Elya Yelnats
!!Sarah Yelnats (nee Miller)
Elya's wife after he moves to America.
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* TheReliableOne: She refuses to leave Elya even after he tells her he's cursed for breaking a promise.
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[[folder:Inmates of Camp Green Lake]]
!!Zero ([[spoiler:Hector Zeroni]])
The youngest of the D Tent boys, who keeps to himself and rarely speaks to anybody.
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* BarefootPoverty: While he lived on the streets, [[spoiler:hence why he stole Clyde Livingston's shoes.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After Mr. Pendanski taunts him one time too many, Zero swings his shovel into his face.]]
* FragileSpeedster: He's small but the fastest digger.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The "sploosh" he eats after running away saves him from starving, but it also fills his stomach with a century's worth of bacteria.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:After running away from Camp Green Lake, he refuses to return despite dying of thirst out in the desert.]]
* MissingMom: His mother was frequently missing from his life, ordering him to stay in one point and not leave until she returned for him. One day she never returned. [[spoiler:At the end of the book, he hires a team of investigators to find her, and is reunited with his mother again.]]
* ObsfucatingStupidity: Everyone thinks Zero's an idiot, since he never reacts to anything they say to him, but he really does it because he's knows it's smarter to keep his mouth shut.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's descended from Madame Zeroni, and the real thief of Clyde Livingston's shoes.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: His usual demeanor.
* TheQuietOne: Stanley's the only one he starts to talk to.
!!Armpit (Theodore)
* BreakoutCharacter: He received his own sequel, ''Small Steps''.
!!X-Ray (Rex)
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* TheLeader: Of the D Tent boys, and comes close to being the leader among all the boys at the camp.
* TheOldConvict: A form of it. He's adjusted the best to Camp Green Lake, too well in Stanley's opinion, and thus is the best at coercing the others to agree with him.
!!Zigzag ()
* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' touch his TV, or he will [[spoiler:crush your hand into the dial button so hard it will cut open your hand.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: He has frizzy hair and a long neck, reads an old Tv guide like he's reading it for the first time every time, watches the broken TV in the Wreck Room, and always knows what the time and date is.
!!Squid
!!Magnet
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Magnet never said what happened after he leapt on the supply truck to escape. The others never asked him either.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: At one point he tried to escape Camp Green Lake by hitching a ride on the supply truck. An hour later, he showed up at dinner and asked for the ketchup, the others going along with it and not asking what happened.
* StickyFingers: Where his nickname comes from. He was arrested for stealing $12,000 worth of merchandise from stores and claims his fingers are like little magnets. Even at Camp Green Lake, he can't resist stealing things.
!!Barf Bag
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[[folder:Staff of Camp Green Lake]]
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[[folder:Residents of Green Lake]]
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[[folder:Residents of Latvia]]
!!Madame Zeroni
An Egyptian fortuneteller and mentor to Elya Yelnats, responsible for the curse on the Yelnats family. She disapproves of his romantic longing for Myra Menke, but helped him anyway in making him a more attractive suitor.
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* AnArmAndALeg: She's missing her left foot, though it's never explained why.
* AntiVillain: She was rather fond of Elya and initially wished him no malice, but put a curse on his line because he failed to repay his end of the bargain and likely cut short her life.
* BiggerBad: She's the one who set the curse of bad luck on the Yelnats lineage.
* ChekhovsGunman: She mentions she has a son in America, who Elya constantly searches for in faint hope that he can break the curse. But Zeroni's descendants don't show up again [[spoiler:until Zero.]]
* CoolOldLady: She was very helpful to Elya, giving him advice and telling stories. Until he forgot about his promise.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Okay, madame, we know you wanted to drink from the mountain stream, but did you really have to curse Elya's descendants who never did anything to you?
* UncannyValley: {{In-universe}}. Her eyes are very large and her smile is said to be too big for her face, which unnerves anybody that looks at her.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Elya and Zeroni initially were friends, until he forgot to help her and she put a curse on him.
[[folder:The Yelnats Family]]
!!Stanley Yelnats IV
The protagonist of ''Holes''. Stanley is a teenage boy who was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.
!!Stanley Yelnats III
!!Stanley Yelnats II
!!Stanley Yelnats I
!!Elya Yelnats
!!Sarah Yelnats (nee Miller)
Elya's wife after he moves to America.
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* TheReliableOne: She refuses to leave Elya even after he tells her he's cursed for breaking a promise.
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[[folder:Inmates of Camp Green Lake]]
!!Zero ([[spoiler:Hector Zeroni]])
The youngest of the D Tent boys, who keeps to himself and rarely speaks to anybody.
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* BarefootPoverty: While he lived on the streets, [[spoiler:hence why he stole Clyde Livingston's shoes.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After Mr. Pendanski taunts him one time too many, Zero swings his shovel into his face.]]
* FragileSpeedster: He's small but the fastest digger.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The "sploosh" he eats after running away saves him from starving, but it also fills his stomach with a century's worth of bacteria.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:After running away from Camp Green Lake, he refuses to return despite dying of thirst out in the desert.]]
* MissingMom: His mother was frequently missing from his life, ordering him to stay in one point and not leave until she returned for him. One day she never returned. [[spoiler:At the end of the book, he hires a team of investigators to find her, and is reunited with his mother again.]]
* ObsfucatingStupidity: Everyone thinks Zero's an idiot, since he never reacts to anything they say to him, but he really does it because he's knows it's smarter to keep his mouth shut.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's descended from Madame Zeroni, and the real thief of Clyde Livingston's shoes.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: His usual demeanor.
* TheQuietOne: Stanley's the only one he starts to talk to.
!!Armpit (Theodore)
* BreakoutCharacter: He received his own sequel, ''Small Steps''.
!!X-Ray (Rex)
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* TheLeader: Of the D Tent boys, and comes close to being the leader among all the boys at the camp.
* TheOldConvict: A form of it. He's adjusted the best to Camp Green Lake, too well in Stanley's opinion, and thus is the best at coercing the others to agree with him.
!!Zigzag ()
* BerserkButton: ''DO NOT'' touch his TV, or he will [[spoiler:crush your hand into the dial button so hard it will cut open your hand.]]
* CloudCuckooLander: He has frizzy hair and a long neck, reads an old Tv guide like he's reading it for the first time every time, watches the broken TV in the Wreck Room, and always knows what the time and date is.
!!Squid
!!Magnet
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Magnet never said what happened after he leapt on the supply truck to escape. The others never asked him either.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: At one point he tried to escape Camp Green Lake by hitching a ride on the supply truck. An hour later, he showed up at dinner and asked for the ketchup, the others going along with it and not asking what happened.
* StickyFingers: Where his nickname comes from. He was arrested for stealing $12,000 worth of merchandise from stores and claims his fingers are like little magnets. Even at Camp Green Lake, he can't resist stealing things.
!!Barf Bag
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[[folder:Staff of Camp Green Lake]]
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[[folder:Residents of Green Lake]]
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[[folder:Residents of Latvia]]
!!Madame Zeroni
An Egyptian fortuneteller and mentor to Elya Yelnats, responsible for the curse on the Yelnats family. She disapproves of his romantic longing for Myra Menke, but helped him anyway in making him a more attractive suitor.
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* AnArmAndALeg: She's missing her left foot, though it's never explained why.
* AntiVillain: She was rather fond of Elya and initially wished him no malice, but put a curse on his line because he failed to repay his end of the bargain and likely cut short her life.
* BiggerBad: She's the one who set the curse of bad luck on the Yelnats lineage.
* ChekhovsGunman: She mentions she has a son in America, who Elya constantly searches for in faint hope that he can break the curse. But Zeroni's descendants don't show up again [[spoiler:until Zero.]]
* CoolOldLady: She was very helpful to Elya, giving him advice and telling stories. Until he forgot about his promise.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Okay, madame, we know you wanted to drink from the mountain stream, but did you really have to curse Elya's descendants who never did anything to you?
* UncannyValley: {{In-universe}}. Her eyes are very large and her smile is said to be too big for her face, which unnerves anybody that looks at her.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Elya and Zeroni initially were friends, until he forgot to help her and she put a curse on him.
