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* TheImmune: To the vampire bacteria.

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* TheImmune: To the vampire bacteria. He theorizes it's because he was bitten by a bat infected with the disease some time before the outbreak and while he became violently ill from the experience, he managed to recover and became immune as a result.
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* BadBoss: During several of his charges, he winds up batting away several underlines in his path. [[spoiler:The original ending potentially recontextualizes this as him just being ''that'' desperate to save his mate.]]

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* BadBoss: During several of his charges, he winds up batting away several underlines underlings in his path. [[spoiler:The original ending potentially recontextualizes this as him just being ''that'' desperate to save his mate.]]

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The leader of the pack amongst the Darkseekers, and is not above getting into the thick of it, or [[BadBoss smashing his underlings out of his way]].

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The leader of the pack amongst the Darkseekers, and is not above getting into the thick of it, or [[BadBoss smashing his underlings out of his way]].way]].
* BadBoss: During several of his charges, he winds up batting away several underlines in his path. [[spoiler:The original ending potentially recontextualizes this as him just being ''that'' desperate to save his mate.]]
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* ThisIsMyHuman: Is revealed to see Neville as this after getting injured by the zombie dogs.

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* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:His wife and kid died in a helicopter accident as they were trying to escape New York City]].

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* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:His wife and kid died in a helicopter accident as they were trying to escape New York City]].City. Becomes even more heartbroken when he’s forced to MercyKill his infected dog Sam]].


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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Neville is forced to kill her after she becomes infected by one of the zombie dogs, both to save himself (as she was already getting hostile) and to end her suffering.]]

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* ActionSurvivor: Neville is tough, but his still an average person. The reason he can so easily kill or capture vampires is because they're in a coma, or sleeping very heavily, during the day. [[spoiler:He is captured relatively easily by members of the new society.]]

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* ActionSurvivor: Neville is tough, but his still an average person. The reason he can so easily kill or capture vampires is because they're in a coma, or sleeping very heavily, during the day. [[spoiler:He is captured [[spoiler:The vampires who haven't gone insane are able to capture him relatively easily by members of the new society.easily.]]



* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His daughter was one of the victims of the plague, and he was forced to take her body to a mass cremation the government had hastily set up in an attempt to stop the spread.



* LaughablyEvil: Ben is often whimsical in his behavior, often teasing or laughing at Neville.
* PsychopathicManchild: He almost acts like a little kid playing hide and seek with Neville. Suffice to say Neville doesn't find the experience fun in the slightest.



* LaughablyEvil: Ben is often whimsical in his behavior, often teasing or laughing at Neville.
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* BigNo: [[spoiler: When Sam is injured protecting him]]

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* BigNo: [[spoiler: When Sam is injured protecting him]]him]].



* ActionGirl: Implied to be this offscreen

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* ActionGirl: Implied to be this offscreenoffscreen.

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* AMFMCharacterization: He's a fan of Music/BobMarley and shares his love of ''Music/ExodusAlbum'' with Anna. His daughter is even named Marley.

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* AMFMCharacterization: He's a fan of Music/BobMarley and shares his love of ''Music/ExodusAlbum'' ''Music/{{Exodus|BobMarleyAlbum}}'' with Anna. His daughter is even named Marley.
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* BadassBeard: Ends up growing one, due to the lack of need to shave.
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* AMFMCharacterization: He's a fan of Music/BobMarley and shares his love of ''Music/ExodusAlbum'' with Anna. His daughter is even named Marley.
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: But only in the theatrical ending, where he [[spoiler:runs head-first into the zombie horde and explodes himself on them so Anna could escape with the cure]]. In the [[AvertedTrope alternate ending]], he lives to see [[spoiler:that the Darkssekers were really only trying to rescue one of their kind]].

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: But only in the theatrical ending, where he [[spoiler:runs head-first into the zombie horde and explodes himself on them so Anna could escape with the cure]]. In the [[AvertedTrope alternate ending]], he lives to see [[spoiler:that the Darkssekers Darkseekers were really only trying to rescue one of their kind]].



* SoleSurvivor: She recounts that she spent the past three years aboard a Red Cross hospital ship that fled Sao Paulo during the KV outbreak. At some point, one of her fellow survivors on board the ship contracted the virus when it docked to look for supplies; when Neville asks what happened to the others aboard the ship, Anna grimly replies "The darkseekers got them".

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* SoleSurvivor: She recounts that she spent the past three years aboard a Red Cross hospital ship that fled Sao Paulo during the KV outbreak. At some point, one of her fellow survivors on board the ship contracted the virus when it docked to look for supplies; when Neville asks what happened to the others aboard the ship, Anna grimly replies "The darkseekers Darkseekers got them".



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The leader of the pack amongst the Darksiders, and is not above getting into the thick of it, or [[BadBoss smashing his underlings out of his way]].

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The leader of the pack amongst the Darksiders, Darkseekers, and is not above getting into the thick of it, or [[BadBoss smashing his underlings out of his way]].
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* RoaringRampageofRevenge: [[spoiler: When Neville kidnaps his mate, the Alpha goes on one to get her back]].

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* RoaringRampageofRevenge: RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: When Neville kidnaps his mate, the Alpha goes on one to get her back]].
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* BigNo![[spoiler: When Sam is injured protecting him]]

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* BigNo![[spoiler: BigNo: [[spoiler: When Sam is injured protecting him]]
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* HappilyMarried: To Virginia.

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* %%* HappilyMarried: To Virginia.
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* CanineCompanion: Subverted. Neville ''tries'' to take the dog as a per, but it is too scared of him and refuses to let him touch it. It eventually starts to trust Neville a bit more, but ends up getting infected before completely warming up to him.

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* CanineCompanion: Subverted. Neville ''tries'' to take the dog as a per, pet, but it is too scared of him and refuses to let him touch it. It eventually starts to trust Neville a bit more, but ends up getting infected before completely warming up to him.
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* [[spoiler: ReasonableAuthorityFigure]]: [[spoiler: He's surprisingly shown to be one in the original ending; when Neville agrees to hand his mate over, the Alpha stops the rest of his pack from attacking with little more than a growl, and allows Robert to re-infect his mate with the Krippen Virus]].

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* [[spoiler: ReasonableAuthorityFigure]]: ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler: He's surprisingly shown to be one in the original ending; when Neville agrees to hand his mate over, the Alpha stops the rest of his pack from attacking with little more than a growl, and allows Robert to re-infect his mate with the Krippen Virus]].
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: But only in the theatrical ending, where he [[spoiler:runs head-first into the zombie horde and explodes himself on them so Anna could escape with the cure]]. In the [[AvertedTrope alternate ending]], he lives to see [[spoiler:that the zombies were really only trying to rescue one of their kind]].

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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: But only in the theatrical ending, where he [[spoiler:runs head-first into the zombie horde and explodes himself on them so Anna could escape with the cure]]. In the [[AvertedTrope alternate ending]], he lives to see [[spoiler:that the zombies Darkssekers were really only trying to rescue one of their kind]].



* TheKindnapper: [[spoiler:Uses one of the zombies as a test subject for his research, not knowing that the zombies are sapient enough to treat this as kidnapping]].

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* TheKindnapper: [[spoiler:Uses one of the zombies Darkseekers as a test subject for his research, not knowing that the zombies they are sapient enough to treat this as kidnapping]].



* DeathGlare: When [[spoiler: Neville captures his mate]], the Alpha erupts from the dark, bellowing in fury and gives Neville a murderous look, only retreating when [[WeakenedByTheDaylight the pain from exposure to sunlight forces him back]].

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* DeathGlare: When [[spoiler: Neville captures his mate]], the Alpha erupts from the dark, bellowing in fury and gives Neville a murderous look, only retreating when [[WeakenedByTheDaylight [[WeakenedByTheLight the pain from exposure to sunlight forces him back]].

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%%* BigDamnHeroes

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%%* BigDamnHeroes* BigDamnHeroes: Arrives just in time to drive the Darkseeker pack off just before they can kill Neville.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She brought Neville back to his home because he needed medical treatment for his injuries, despite him warning her to remain outside until the sun had completely risen. As a result, the Darkseekers were able to track them back to Neville's house, then returned the following night with the intention of killing everyone inside.
* SoleSurvivor: She recounts that she spent the past three years aboard a Red Cross hospital ship that fled Sao Paulo during the KV outbreak. At some point, one of her fellow survivors on board the ship contracted the virus when it docked to look for supplies; when Neville asks what happened to the others aboard the ship, Anna grimly replies "The darkseekers got them".


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* DeathGlare: When [[spoiler: Neville captures his mate]], the Alpha erupts from the dark, bellowing in fury and gives Neville a murderous look, only retreating when [[WeakenedByTheDaylight the pain from exposure to sunlight forces him back]].


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* [[spoiler: ReasonableAuthorityFigure]]: [[spoiler: He's surprisingly shown to be one in the original ending; when Neville agrees to hand his mate over, the Alpha stops the rest of his pack from attacking with little more than a growl, and allows Robert to re-infect his mate with the Krippen Virus]].


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* UnstoppableRage: By the time the Darkseekers storm Neville's lair, the Alpha is in a towering one of these, smashing aside any of his pack who get in the way and shattering bulletproof glass with his bare fists to get at the humans. [[spoiler: Justified, as his mate is a captive of Neville's and he wants her back]].
* TheVoiceless: KV seems to strip those infected with it of speech; as such, the Alpha only communicates to the rest of his kind with snarls, growls and roars.
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* PostApocalypticDog

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%%* ActionHero

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%%* ActionHero* ActionHero: He spends most of the film trying his best to stay away from the infected, but once they manage to get into his house with him and the others, he wields any weapon he can get his hands on to get them out.



%%* BlackAndNerdy

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%%* BlackAndNerdyBlackAndNerdy:



%%* ActionPet
%%* HeroicDog
%%* LoyalAnimalCompanion

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%%* ActionPet
%%* HeroicDog
%%* LoyalAnimalCompanion
* ActionPet: Helps Neville against the infected as much as possible, but attacks some infected dogs full-on when they attack Neville.
* HeroicDog: Could have very easily left Neville behind, or just gotten into the car, but stayed to defend him from attacking infected dogs.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Follows Neville everywhere and helps him out as much as possible for a dog.
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* PostApocalypticDog: Is Neville's only friend, companion and defender [[spoiler: for most of the movie.]]
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* CanineCompanion: Accompanied by his German Shepherd Sam.[[spoiler: Until Sam is infected and he has to put them down.]]

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* CanineCompanion: Accompanied by his German Shepherd Sam.[[spoiler: Until Sam is infected and he has to put them her down.]]
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* CanineCompanion: Accompanied by his German Shepherd Sam.

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* CanineCompanion: Accompanied by his German Shepherd Sam.[[spoiler: Until Sam is infected and he has to put them down.]]
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* CanineCompanion: Accompanied by his German Shepherd Sam.
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%%* ActionDad
%%* BadassBookworm

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%%* ActionDad
%%* BadassBookworm
* ActionDad: Was a dad. Unfortunately, by the time the movie starts, he's been a CrusadingWidower that has outlived his offspring as well.
* BadassBookworm: He's a ColonelBadass-level member of the military and an expert scientist.



%%* CrazyPrepared

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%%* CrazyPrepared* CrazyPrepared: He's spent a long time turning his home into a fortress with a fully-equipped lab, is armed to the teeth and takes measures to keep the Darkwalkers from following him home. [[spoiler:It only takes a single mistake (Anna taking him home without taking any measures to get rid of their odor trail) and he discovers the hard way that his measures can't stand up to a ZergRush of suicidally determined Darkwalkers.]]



* GoodIsNotNice: At least not always.
%%* HappilyMarried

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* GoodIsNotNice: At least not always.
%%* HappilyMarried
always. He spends a good chunk of the time he spends with Anna and the kid being pretty blunt.
* HappilyMarried: Was. They're dead now.



%%* MadeOfIron

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%%* MadeOfIron* MadeOfIron: He gets the absolute holy hell beaten out of him in various stunts throughout the film, including a Darkwalker curb-stomping him and falling off several feet from a trap and onto his pocket knife. B



%%* TooCleverByHalf

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%%* TooCleverByHalf* TooCleverByHalf: Dismissing a monster's attempt at getting back his abducted mate as a mere "memory remnant" was a truly stupid thing to do, in the long term.
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:In the original ending. All he wants is to get his mate, who Neville kidnapped, back. Once he obliges, he and his pack leave without a fight.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Neville has this reaction to his being shot at and eventually killed by the vampire hunters.]]

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* GenreSavvy: He laughs at Neville whenever he tries to use traditional vampires wards like running water, or a cross (being Jewish, has no reason to fear the cross). He is also the only vampire who seems to be clever enough to try to escape from Ruth's people, but he is unsuccessful.



* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: When Sam dies]]

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* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler: When Sam dies]]dies.]]

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