History Characters / InglouriousBasterds

* AmbiguousSituation: He has an SS knife in his possession. Does this mean that he stole it from an SS member, or was he an SS member himself?

* NotSoStoic: He puts on a calm front when talking with Landa... then he weeps in shame as he's forced to reveals where the Dreyfuses are hiding.

* KeepingSecretsSucks: The first one: sheltering Jews puts him and his family at risk. And then, to protect his family, he's forced to go along with Landa's game.
* ManlyTears: He breaks down after betraying the Dreyfus family to protect his own daughters.

* TheStoic: He puts on a calm front when talking with Landa.
** NotSoStoic: ...And when Landa breaks his resolve, he weeps in shame even as he reveals where the Dreyfuses are hiding.

* TheChick: The only woman in or around Nazi high command, by dint of being Goebbels' personal assistant.
* LesCollaborateurs: Much to Shoshanna's {{Squick}}-filled contempt.
* DarkMistress: To Goebbels.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: Maybe. We never get to see what happens to him after [[spoiler: what he does to Landa]], but doing ''that'' to [[spoiler: a man who just successfully negotiated an end to the war]] is likely to get Aldo a far worse punishment than just being "chewed out". Of course, this being Aldo, he'd like think it was WorthIt.

-->'''Donnie:''' TEDDY FAHKIN' WILLIAMS KNOCKS IT OUTTA DA PAHK! FENWAY PAHK ON ITS FEET FOR TEDDY! FAHKIN' BALLGAME! HE WENT YARDO ON THAT ONE, OUT TO FAHKIN' LANSDOWNE STREET!

-->'''Donnie:''' TEDDY FAHKIN' WILLIAMS KNOCKS IT OUTTA DA PAHK! FENWAY PAHK ON ITS FEET FOR TEDDY! FAHKIN' BALLGAME! HE WENT YARDO ON THAT ONE, OUT TO FAHKIN' LANSDOWNE STREET!

-->'''Donnie:''' TEDDY FAHKIN' WILLIAMS KNOCKS IT OUTTA DA PAHK!

** Of particular note is Landa’s possession of the ''Blutorden'' medal, which was a highly exclusive Nazi award, given only to participants in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch or to individuals who had been party members before 1932 (the year in which the Nazi Party enjoyed its first major electoral success and with it a large influx of new members). Landa was, therefore, a party member long before it was personally advantageous to be one, especially in Austria, and may have been a member as far back as the Nazis’ earliest days as a fringe party on the extreme right of Bavarian local politics.

* DefectorFromDecadence: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that the Basterds are nearly as decadent as their targets. However, the inscription on his knife translates into "My duty is to my honor", indicating that his rebellion against the Nazis arose out of disgust for their dishonorable crimes. The inscription may also imply that he's a former SS member and genuinely believed in Nazi ideology at one point.

* DefectorFromDecadence: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that the Basterds are nearly as decadent as their targets. However, the inscription on his knife translates into "My duty is to my honor", indicating that his rebellion against the Nazis arose out of disgust for their dishonorable crimes.

* SpannerInTheWorks: His intervention [[spoiler: kills off every member of Operation Kino beside Bridget who can speak German, forcing the Basterds to pose unconvincingly as Italians in the showing. Had it not been for Landa flipping to the other side and not capitalizing on this shortcoming, Operation Kino would have likely ended in total failure.]]

* PayEvilUntoEvil: The Nazis are cruel, evil people who will murder without a second thought. Therefore, Raine feels giving them a taste of their own medicine is a perfectly valid tactic.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: Maybe. We never get to see what happens to him after [[spoiler: what he does to Landa]], but doing ''that'' to [[spoiler: a man who just successfully negotiated an end to the war]] is likely to get Aldo a far worse punishment than just being "chewed out".

* TheDreaded: His nickname being the Jew Hunter and all.
* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe: He's shown to smoke a rather (bordering on comically) large one. The fact that he only smokes it while interrogating [=LaPedite=] is a clue that he already knows the answers to everything he's asking the man.

* AlmightyJanitor: On paper, he's just another soldier, holding the lowest rank an enlisted man, and thus, any individual in the military, can be, in fact. In practice, thanks to his big moment, high-ranking officers practically {{Squee}} upon seeing him, and he has meetings with top-ranking officials.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He moves onto threats after getting rejected one too many times.
* OneManArmy: Why he's so famous, and why a movie is being made about him.

* DoggedNiceGuy: Initially he appears to be a relatively benign example of this trope, but then his true colors are revealed and he shows the worst aspects of this trope.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Him convincing Goebbels to move the ''Nation's Pride'' premiere to Shosanna's cinema ultimately contributes to the death of the entire Nazi High Command.]]

* PrinceCharmingWannabe: He's very convinced that Shosanna is a {{Tsundere}} for him.
* PunchClockVillain: He confesses to Shosanna that he does not want to watch his film, because he does not feel proud of killing so many men. At the premiere, he watches the violence onscreen only briefly before excusing himself. On the other hand, he proudly boasts of killing 300 men when threatening Shoshanna, so who knows.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Shosanna shoots him to keep him from discovering her plan, but then gets curious when she hears him still alive. As she approaches him in sympathy, Zoller shoots her back.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to think he's in a romance flick where he can [[DefrostingIceQueen defrost the ice queen]]. Not how it works out.

* KnifeNut: He carries a big fucking Bowie knife ''everywhere'', which is what he uses to carve those swastikas. If Donny's comments are anything to go by, Aldo's getting pretty skilled at forehead carving.

* KnifeNut: He has an SS dagger, with the [[{{Irony}} "Loyalty is my honor"]] inscription.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: Doubling as NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast, because ''Hellstrom.''

* FauxAffablyEvil: An act he's not particularly accomplished at; he can only turn on the charm for so long before defaulting back to "SS".

* CunningLinguist: Utterly subverted. He can speak fluent German,[[spoiler: but his accent is absolutely botched. Even a drunken German soldier, let alone a sober Gestapo man, can tell right away that he's not native.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: His intervention [[spoiler: kills off every member of Operation Kino who can speak German, forcing the Basterds to pose unconvincingly as Italians in the showing. Had it not been for Landa flipping to the other side and not capitalizing on this shortcoming, Operation Kino would have likely ended in total failure.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: His intervention [[spoiler: kills off every member of Operation Kino who can speak German, forcing the Basterds to pose unconvincingly as Italians in the showing. Had it not been for Landa flipping to the other side and not capitalizing on his sacrifice, Operation Kino would have likely ended in total failure.]]