History Characters / Holes

* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Because of her romantic relationship with a black onion picker named Sam, given the time period, her schoolhouse gets burned down and her love Sam gets murdered by the townspeople.

* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Because Sam is a black man in a romantic relationship with a white woman named Kate, given the time period, Kate's schoolhouse is burned down and he is murdered by the townspeople.

* TheGenericGuy: He's got no standout quirks or personality traits like the other inmates. He's just a basic tough-guy type.

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/ShiaLaBeouf[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Latin American Spanish dub), Yū Hayashi (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/HenryWinkler[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Herman López (Latin American Spanish dub), Yutaka Nakano (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/SiobhanFallonHogan[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Lourdes Morán (Latin American Spanish dub), Hiroko Nishi (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Nathan Davis[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Esteban Siller (Latin American Spanish dub), Takao Ishii (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Allan Coleman

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Damien Luvara[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/RicardoTejedo (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Khleo Thomas[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Claudio Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Sōta Murakami (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Byron Cotton[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Arturo Mercado, Jr. (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/WataruTakagi (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Brendan Jefferson[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/IrwinDaayan (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/KentaroIto (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Max Kasch[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Zigzag''': I didn't want to hurt anyone. I just like watching things burn.

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Jake M. Smith[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Noé Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/KenichiSuzumura (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Miguel Castro[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Takayuki Yamaguchi (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/ZaneHoltz

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Noah Poletiek[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Marco Portillo (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/JonVoight[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Francisco Colmenero (Latin American Spanish dub), Katsunosuke Hori (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/TimBlakeNelson[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish dub), Hiroshi Iwasaki (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

-->'''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!

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/SigourneyWeaver[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Marcela Paéz (Latin American Spanish dub), Kaori Yamagata (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PatriciaArquette[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Claudia Garzón (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/RicaMatsumoto (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Scott Plank[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Raúl Anaya (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/DuleHill[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Creator/CarlosHernandez (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/DaikiNakamura (Japanese dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Allison Smith

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Music/EarthaKitt[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Mayra Rojas (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Sanya Mateyas

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Ravil Isyanov[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Ernesto Casillas (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

-->'''Madame Zeroni''': Morris Menke is a ''schmuck''.

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/KenDavitian[[labelnote:Foreign voice actors]]Jesse Conde (Latin American Spanish dub)[[/labelnote]]

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/RickFox

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Robert Armour (deleted scenes)

!!!'''Portrayed By''': Creator/RomaMaffia

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* 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.

* TheBadGuyWins: He marries Myra, though only because Elya realized she's a terrible choice for a bride.

* VillainousRescue: Does this for Stanley at the end when his testimony explains how he bullied Stanley by throwing his notebook in the toilet at the moment the shoes were stolen, so Stanley couldn't have stolen the shoes.

* BreakTheHaughty: First he gets rejected by the woman he was infatuated with. When he takes revenge by killing her lover, a major drought hits Green Lake. His fortune dried up with the lake and he went on to spend the rest of his life trying to look for Kate's stash to no avail.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he is only mentioned a few times in the book and only appears once at the beginning of the film, his absence from Camp Green Lake during his recovery opened up a vacancy, meaning that if it weren’t for him, Stanley would not have been able to go to the camp in the first place.

* MeaningfulAppearance: One of the first things Stanley notices about her is her black cowboy boots with turquoise stones. Kissin' Kate's final scene in the book reveals that they were ''her'' boots first -- or at least, she had a very similar pair. Given the Warden's cabin was Kate's cabin originally, it's not too unlikely that the boots originally belonged to Kate.

* TheDitherer: What convinced Elya she wasn't worth it is that she's unable to decide between Elya (a young, muscular, good-looking, and genuinely loving man) and Igor (an ugly, dimwitted pig farmer who is forty-two years her senior).

* {{Jerkass}}: He laughs at Elya's request to marry Myra, and has no qualms about marrying her to someone forty years older than her.

Linda Walker (nee Miller) was one of Kate's students. She ended up marrying Trout for his money, only to end up in the poor house once the lake dried up.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Linda was once a beloved student of Kate's. As an adult, she's become a desperate GoldDigger who would go so far as hold her own former teacher at gunpoint for money.

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/ShiaLaBeouf\\
'''Voiced By''': Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Latin American Spanish dub), Yū Hayashi (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/HenryWinkler\\
'''Voiced By''': Herman López (Latin American Spanish dub), Yutaka Nakano (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/SiobhanFallonHogan\\
'''Voiced By''': Lourdes Morán (Latin American Spanish dub), Hiroko Nishi (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Nathan Davis\\
'''Voiced By''': Esteban Siller (Latin American Spanish dub), Takao Ishii (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Allan Coleman

->'''Portrayed By''': Damien Luvara\\
'''Voiced By''': Creator/RicardoTejedo (Latin American Spanish dub)

->'''Portrayed By:''' Khleo Thomas\\
'''Voiced By''': Claudio Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Sōta Murakami (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By:''' Byron Cotton\\
'''Voiced By''': Arturo Mercado, Jr. (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/WataruTakagi (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By:''' Brendan Jefferson\\
'''Voiced By''': Creator/IrwinDaayan (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/KentaroIto (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By:''' Max Kasch\\
'''Voiced By''': Creator/LuisDanielRamirez (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By:''' Jake M. Smith\\
'''Voiced By''': Noé Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/KenichiSuzumura (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By:''' Miguel Castro\\
'''Voiced By''': Alan Fernando Velázquez (Latin American Spanish dub), Takayuki Yamaguchi (Japanese dub)

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: 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.

->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ZaneHoltz

->'''Portrayed By:''' Noah Poletiek\\
'''Voiced By''': Marco Portillo (Latin American Spanish dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/JonVoight\\
'''Voiced By''': Francisco Colmenero (Latin American Spanish dub), Katsunosuke Hori (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/TimBlakeNelson\\
'''Voiced By''': Rubén Trujillo (Latin American Spanish dub), Hiroshi Iwasaki (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/SigourneyWeaver\\
'''Voiced By''': Marcela Paéz (Latin American Spanish dub), Kaori Yamagata (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/PatriciaArquette\\
'''Voiced By''': Claudia Garzón (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/RicaMatsumoto (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Scott Plank\\
'''Voiced By''': Raúl Anaya (Latin American Spanish dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/DuleHill\\
'''Voiced By''': Carlos Hernández (Latin American Spanish dub), Creator/DaikiNakamura (Japanese dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Allison Smith

->'''Portrayed By''': Music/EarthaKitt\\
'''Voiced By''': Mayra Rojas (Latin American Spanish dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Sanya Mateyas

->'''Portrayed By''': Ravil Isyanov\\
'''Voiced By''': Ernesto Casillas (Latin American Spanish dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/KenDavitian\\
'''Voiced By''': Jesse Conde (Latin American Spanish dub)

->'''Portrayed By''': Creator/RickFox\\

->'''Portrayed By''': Robert Armour (deleted scenes)

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Aside from their spots, they also have red eyes that pop out sharply against their bodies.

* CatchPhrase: "It's all because of your no-good, dirty, rotten, pig-stealing great-great-grandfather!"

* 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''.

* CatchPhrase: "I can fix that."

* SupernaturalProofFather: A GenderInvertedExample - she refuses to believe that there's such a thing as a family curse (at least on the men). There is. Her refusal to believe however is more refusal to give in to despair, as she continues to support her husband's endeavors.

* PetTheDog: While he's a bit "off", he's not that bad of a guy. He admits that when he started the fire that got him sent to Camp Green Lake, he didn't want to hurt anybody and before Stanley leaves camp, he apologizes for the fight they had before.

* AlcoholicParent: His mother is one. Though, he clearly has some regrets involving her and asks Stanley to apologize to her for him.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Magnet insists that keeping cute animals in cages was the real crime.

* SupernaturalProofFather: A GenderInvertedExample - she refuses to believe that there's such a thing as a family curse (at least on the men). There is.

** DoNotCallMePaul: No wonder he prefers to be called Sir.

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

* RiddleForTheAges: In the book, it's never revealed why he goes by "Mr. Sir," nor why he is so insistent that the campers refer to him as such whenever they speak to him.
** In the movie, he uses the name because his real one is Marion.

** TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Turns out "God's thumb" is a mountain oasis several miles from Camp Green Lake shaped like a fist giving a thumbs-up.

* AllForNothing: He led a lynch mob against Sam and [[MurderTheHypotenuse killed him for being the one to win Kate's affections]]. This in turn caused Green Lake to face divine punishment in the form of a drought and his wealth evaporated with the lake. He then went on to spend the rest of his life looking for Kate's loot and died never even coming close to finding it, leaving the task to his descendants to carry on. Ultimately, his efforts were rendered meaningless as Kate's loot is found by the descendant of its rightful owner while his granddaughter got arrested and left with nothing,

* EntitledBastard: He's basically a spoiled rich kid that never grew up. He's so used to owning everything in town that the one time he was denied something he wanted he went on a rampage.

* LaserGuidedKarma: It stopped raining after he killed Sam, costing him his fortune. When he tried to rob the woman whom he drove to being an outlaw, she cursed him and his family to spend the rest of his days digging for the money she stole and hid away. The narration even implies that [[{{God}} The Almighty Himself]] punished the entire town of Green Lake for murdering Sam.

* NeverMyFault: He deeply knew killing Sam lead to Green Lake being dried up and losing his wealth. He didn't want to admit to it and move on.

* TyrannicalTownTycoon: Played with--he's the son of the man who owned the town next to the lake where the story is set. His father owned the town, and he invokes this trope to try to get Kate to go out with him.

* BewareTheQuietOnes: Combined with TheDogBitesBack, he finally stands up for himself after Mr. Pendanski insults him constantly. In the movie, he's seen clutching a pool ball in anticipation of defending Stanley from a bully.

** There's also a small scene in the film where Pendanski can be heard chewing out Mr. Sir over Stanley's attempt to steal the water truck. Which might not have happened if Mr. Sir hadn't left the keys in the ignition. At a camp for juvenile delinquents. And this is ''after'' they accepted a new camper who got arrested for ''stealing a car.''

* HateSink: He is clearly not intended to be likable, given how he treats Zero like dirt and tries to hide his mean-spirited personality with a facade of friendliness.

* OneBadMother: A rare male example. He takes on the nickname "Mom" and pretends to be the nice counselor to Mr. Sir's mean, but he's just as sadistic as the other staffers beneath his avuncular mask. The "Camp Green Lake Survival Guide" even points out that his nice guy act makes him ''worse'' than Mr. Sir who doesn't try to [[AtLeastIAdmitIt hide who he is behind a facade]].

* BadBoss: She slashes Mr. Sir's face with her nails while they're coated in her special rattlesnake venom polish just because he annoyed her.

* ChildHater: Her ultimate downfall.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Her politeness and casual manner don't fool anyone. As soon as she faces you, it's definitely clear who is the one in charge.

* PragmaticVillainy: In her first appearance, she rewards X-Ray with a day off and a double shower for finding Kate Barlow's lipstick tube, then tells Mr. Pendanski to refill everyone's canteen, even though they just had their hourly refill five minutes ago. Although she acts as though it's a PetTheDog moment from her, it's really just to motivate them into digging harder in hopes of finding more treasure.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he is only mentioned a few times in the book and only appears once at the beginning of the film, his absence from Camp Green Lake during his recovery opened up a vacancy, meaning that if it weren’t for him, Stanley would not have ended up at the camp in the first place.

* AintTooProudToBeg: After the camp staffers have been arrested and Stanley and Zero start to leave, she begs Stanley to let her see what's in the treasure chest, likely to get at least some closure and know just what she was digging up in the first place.

* HumiliationConga: Goes through this at the end of the story. First, her authority breaks down, then Stanley finds the chest and it has his name on it, which proves she's lying to a lawyer and a state Attorney General, and she and the other camp staff are arrested. The movie takes it a step further, with Stanley snubbing her from seeing what's inside the chest and thus, denying her even the closure of knowing what she spent her whole life looking for.

* HumiliationConga: Goes through this at the end of the story. First, her authority breaks down, then Stanley finds the chest and it has his name on it, which proves she's lying to a lawyer and a state Attorney General, and she and the other camp staff are arrested. The movie takes it a step further, with Stanley snubbing her from looking inside,

* SoftSpokenSadist: After she slashes Mr. Sir's face for wasting her time, she speaks to him in a soft/casual tone while he writhes in pain.

* DyingCurse: She didn't expect to die right after, but before she gets bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, she tells Trout Walker that he and his descendants could spend the next century digging in the dried-up lake-bed and never find the treasure she buried. Exactly 100 years later, the treasure is found by Stanley, and he deliberately snubs Trout Walker's granddaughter (the Warden) from seeing it.

* AllForNothing: He led a lynch mob against Sam and [[MurderTheHypothenuse killed him for being the one to win Kate's affections]]. This in turn caused Green Lake to face divine punishment in the form a drought and he lost his wealth. He was in his 30s when he lost his wealth. He wasted most of his years looking for Kissin' Kate's treasure. He hopes his grandchildren will one day find it. However, the treasure was found by Stanley Yelnats IV. His granddaughter got arrested and left with nothing. Trout died for nothing.
* AndYourLittleDogToo: Aside from killing Sam, he also shot Sam's donkey Mary Lou, just because.

* EntitledToHaveYou: Towards Kate.
-->''(after Kate rejects an offer to go out with him)''\\
'''Trout:''' No one ever says 'no' to Charles Walker!\\