History Characters / JohnWickOtherCriminals

* TheEveryman: The closest thing the films have to one. Whereas everyone else either has a personal connection to John or the High Table, Nobody is just a ground-level assassin no different than the mooks John slaughters his way through trying to make a paycheck and annoyed at having to deal with the blowback from John's MysteriousPast and globe-trotting adventures.
** In the climax of the movie, [[spoiler:he takes a seat, drinks a beer, and watches the duel, [[AudienceSurrogate just like the audience might be doing]]. When John wins, Nobody even reacts like you might.]]

* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Befitting to his title, the Tracker is seemingly able to find anyone in the world, no matter how dangerous or elusive they are. In fact, the Tracker reached the Osaka Continental Hotel (where John Wick was hiding at) earlier than the Marquis de Gramont’s henchmen did, and the Marquis had to force Caine (John’s friend) to say where John might be to know he was there at all. Later on, The Tracker finds John again at a hideout belonging to the Ruska Roma in Berlin, then follows him to a night club where he, John and Caine meet Killa. The Tracker never elaborates how he learned his skill, but he does have a sketchbook that he has drawn and written in throughout his career and it shows that he has some knowledge on several individuals and factions (examples include John Wick, the Marquis de Gramont and the Ruska Roma), showcasing how experienced he is with his job.

* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Befitting to his title, the Tracker is seemingly able to find anyone in the world, no matter how dangerous or elusive they are. In fact, the Tracker reached the Osaka Continental Hotel (where John Wick was hiding at) earlier than the Marquis de Gramont’s henchmen did, and the Marquis had to force Caine (John’s friend) to say where John might be to know he was there at all. Later on, The Tracker finds John again at a hideout belonging to the Ruska Roma in Berlin, then follows him to a night club where they both meet Killa. The Tracker never elaborates how he learned his skill, but he does have a sketchbook that he has drawn and written in throughout his career and it shows that he has some knowledge on several individuals and factions (examples include John Wick, the Marquis de Gramont and the Ruska Roma), showcasing how experienced he is with his job.
--> '''The Marquis:''' I will ask only once. How were you able to locate him?''
--> '''The Tracker:''' Pay and I’ll tell you.''

Another old-school assassin. He's awoken in the middle of the night by Wick and Perkins' brawl in The Continental.

* AffablyEvil: They're loyal to Zero, a dubiously moral assassin who takes on the task of killing John Wick as a personal challenge, but when the two actually confront John Wick, the two are ''exceedingly'' polite. [[spoiler: Their courteous nature inspires John not to kill them, instead saying "[[{{Catchphrase}} be seeing you]]" in their native Indonesian.

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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: During [[spoiler:the attack on the Continental]] he is cheering Wick as he goes through his allies and apprentices. He both tires John but also gets to see the great Baba Yaga beating the odds.

* {{Ninja}}: Their while gimmick.
* NobleDemon: Zero (and his students for that matter) have a code of honor, particularly when dealing with John Wick.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Introduced as a homeless man rambling in the subway until John gives him a coin and asks to see the Bowery King. Earl drops the act, covers him up, and then kills the two assassins following him.
* OnlyOneName: Just Earl. This makes him the only significant Bowery member referred to by name rather than only by title.
* UncertainDoom: He isn't seen after Zero's assault to the Bowery, so it's possible he was a casualty.

* AffablyEvil: He's a very jovial fellow off the clock, as indicated when we're introduced to him as a sushi chef. And in [[TruceZone The Continental]] Zero is quick to praise John and speak friendly to him, despite the fact that they have been set to kill each other.
* AllThereInTheManual: He's never actually referred to as Zero in the movie itself, his name (or possibly a codename as a High Table assassin) is only shown in the credits and outside of the movie.
* AscendedFanboy: Huge fan of John Wick, and is honored to meet and fight him.
* BadBoss: He doesn't give a damn about the death of his own students.

* BloodKnight: Zero ''lives'' to fight, and he's downright giddy at the prospect of fighting John.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is a master assassin with 'students', but practically squees over meeting and fighting John Wick.
* CombatPragmatist: Zero seems to be aware of the drawbacks to him and his students only using blades instead of guns. Because of this, his favored tactic is stealth, where he and his apprentices rely on their element of surprise to cut ribbons out of their victims.
** He also lets his apprentices do most of the heavy lifting, and only takes care of businesses himself when ordered to by the Adjudicator, or when he feels like it. Veers slightly into FlunkyBoss territory because of this, as despite going on and on about how [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou only he gets to kill Wick]], Zero still unleashes his minions on him to wear him down first, and only properly engages him after Wick had bested all of them. He then proves to be much less of a threat compared to his students, and spends the majority of the fight running away from Wick to spook him from the shadows, though Wick catches on very quickly.
* ConsummateProfessional: Subverted. At first, he is as professional as it gets, slicing down targets with barely a word. He tends to crack some jokes around John Wick, his target but is still intent on getting the job done even if it means he has to kill his own allies to kill Wick himself. When the two assassins are putting aside their conflict inside the Continental, Zero drops the business side of him and reveals how much of a fan of John Wick he is, wishing for nothing more than a duel to the death with his biggest idol.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Zero and his boys know one trick and one trick ''only'', and that is to bumrush their enemies from the shadows and stab them to death. Once their opponent has wised up to their tactics and prepared for their moves, they quickly prove to be incapable of changing and can be defeated very easily in a fair fight, as thoroughly demonstrated by Wick in the Executive lounge.
** The only ones not guilty of this trope are the two Shinobi Wick fought just before Zero, who work dynamically with each other to zone out their target and deny him of his advantages.

* EvilCounterpart: He is almost as deadly as John Wick, using stealth to take down his targets up close not unlike John. However he enjoys the violence and blood, admits he is fine with attacking children and is a cat person.

* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}. He doesn't want to simply kill John, he wants an epic fight with swords and a cool arena, almost like a video game with him as the FinalBoss. To this end, he wouldn't hesitate to kill mooks on his own side. He also seems [[SuicidalOverconfidence far too confident]] in his StealthHiBye skills that he wouldn't even try to change up his tactics even after it's clear as day Wick could do it too, and his game is far superior. His fanboyism and pride become straight up delusional when [[spoiler:he genuinely thinks he'll survive his wound and come back for round two]].

* FlunkyBoss: A variation inasmuch as that he very deliberately lets John go through ''all'' his students before taking a shot at him personally. Depending on how you look at it, this tactic alone makes him a BadBoss, a DirtyCoward or a CombatPragmatist (for softening John up first) and a {{Hypocrite}} (for considering himself John's equal but only fighting him directly once John is at maximum disadvantage).
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:Despite his frequent insistence about being John's WorthyOpponent (even going so far as to [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou kill one of his own men to stop them from killing John before him]]), he only challenges him directly [[FlunkyBoss after forcing him to fight through all of his students first]], putting him at a severe disadvantage right out the gate.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:He is stabbed with a wakizashi through the chest, and notably doesn't bleed, and takes quite a while for him to slump over and die.]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: During [[spoiler:the attack on the Continental]] he is cheering Wick as he goes through his allies and apprentices. His set up is partly pragmatic as it tires John but also because he gets to see Baba Yaga beating the odds.

* NobleDemon: Zero (and his students for that matter) seem to have a code of honor, particularly when dealing with John Wick.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: When he and John end up on Continental grounds in a lounge with at least two chairs and a three-seat couch, John sits down on the far right of the couch, only for Zero to plant his butt right next to him instead of taking one of the other seats. In fact, he sits down so close to John that their legs touch and two more people would've fitted on the couch. John isn't happy about this.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Tells this to John Wick a few times. John disagrees.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:At one point, he kills one of his own allies and saves John's life in the process, all for the purpose of killing John himself.]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: While he genuinely ''is'' very tough, his belief in himself being John's equal as a fighter is eventually proven to be false. [[spoiler:He manages to match John for most of their battle, even gaining the upper hand a few times, but by that point John is [[WorfHadTheFlu exhausted and heavily wounded from previous fights]] while he's in perfect shape. Even then he still ends up losing, with John even [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame outdoing him]] in his signature StealthHiBye maneuver.]]
* StealthExpert: He and his students are this, having the ability to [[StealthHiBye show up or disappear]] without a trace in a blink of an eye and their targets rarely ever see them coming. They also pull this off on John Wick himself as well, only to find that [[BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame John is also capable of this skill as well and can pull this off even better than they could.]]
* UnknownRival: Views John and himself as being two sides of the same coin and, as a result, destined rivals. From John's perspective, he's just another, particularly difficult to handle, nuisance. [[spoiler:While John ends up agreeing with Zero that their final fight was a good one, his last words to him are bluntly shutting down his attempt at prolonging the battle further by coldly telling him that he had no chance of recovering from the injuries he sustained.]]

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: He did try shooting John in their first meeting but John made it to the Continental just in time. After that he can't hold his fanboyism any longer, admits John lived up to his reputation and spend the rest of the movie setting up their climatic fight.

* AffablyEvil: They're loyal to Zero, a dubiously moral assassin who takes on the task of killing John Wick as a personal challenge, but when the two actually confront John Wick, the two are ''exceedingly'' polite and refuse to fight him when John is knocked down and exposed. [[spoiler:They're so affable that John decides killing them is above him; when he defeats them, John sheathes his weapon, refuses to kill them and bows with a "[[{{Catchphrase}} be seeing you]]" (in Indonesian), which prompts the Shinobi to visibly but unhesitatingly concede defeat to John, fully illustrating how they have progressed into worthy opponents for each other.]]

* CoDragons: Towards Zero, their mentor.

* HonorBeforeReason: They give John a fighting chance when they finally get to rumble with him, even after ambushing him and John being dead to rights. This is done entirely out of respect. [[spoiler:This ironically turns out to be a far better approach to dealing with John Wick than 99% of the other {{mook}}s do; when the Shinobi refuse to kill John ''twice'' when they have the clear advantage, John is so impressed by their camaraderie and honor that he returns the favor by sparing their lives, merely telling them "be seeing you" when he succesfully defeats them.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Unlike with Zero's other students, John actually opts to spare these two out of respect after they concede defeat. When they're defeated, the two visibly fold in defeat to confirm they'll survive for another installment, [[KarmicDeath unlike their employer Zero]].

* PintSizePowerhouse: Especially the one played by Ruhian. After most of the fight where they keep knocking Wick on his back, there is a short second where John block his arms with his own jacket and we see how Keanu Reeves towers over him before bodyslamming him.

* VillainRespect: They respect John and think of fighting him as an honor, and help him up and give him time to breathe after knocking him down.
* WorthyOpponent: They consider John to be this, and want to fight him fairly (or, as fairly as a 2 vs. 1 fight can be.) By the end of their fight, John acknowledges them as worthy opponents in return, enough so that he deliberately spares them in return for them doing the same--[[AffablyEvil twice]]--for no gain of their own.

* Dirty Cop: He's in on the High Table and is implied to help cover up their crimes, or at the very least look the other way for them.

* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His sole motivation for bounty-hunting is money, and it's also the main reason he hunts down John Wick. Toyed with in that he's ''so'' confident in his ability to kill John that he's willing to keep him alive for as long as possible ([[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou killing other assassins on his tail in the process]]) to negotiate an even ''bigger'' price that he feels will let him retire comfortably. [[spoiler:Naturally, when The Marquis attempts to screw him out of the deal multiple times, keeping John Wick alive until the price can be re-negotiated is his priority]].

* BulletproofVest: {{Invoked|Trope}} -- he doesn't have the spiffy bulletproof suits John or several other mooks have, but his backpack visibly deflects gunfire. During one battle, he swings it around to the frontside of his torso to act as his own armor.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves his dog very much, affectionately petting her and even calling her his "emotional support animal". He also gets ''very'' angry if someone hurts her and will usually repay them with a bullet to the head.

* NoNameGiven: Promotional materials list him as just a "Tracker", and he only replies to queries about who he is with "Nobody". We also never get a name for his dog.

* LetsGetDangerous: He spends most of the movei wielding a lever-action rifle and a single-action revolver to reflect that he's a tracker who normally keeps his distance from his prey. Once he gets into extended tussles, however, he pulls out a bulletproof vest loaded with a semi-automatic and spare magazines to show he's deadly in close quarters as well.

* PunchClockVillain: He's only after John for the money, and has absolutely nothing against him. He's pretty laid-back when he's off the clock, and he's more invested in making sure [[TheScrooge the]] [[BadBoss Marquis]] pays him what he's owed than killing John.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After being shown as one of Wick's few remaining friends in films one and two, he's entirely absent for films 3 and 4. [[spoiler: This is particularly noticeable during Wick's funeral in the fourth film, an event you'd imagine Aurelio would want to attend. Apparently there was an intent to have more people be in the funeral, but this was cut down due to budgetary reasons.[[/labelnote]]]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After being shown as one of Wick's few remaining friends in films one and two, he's entirely absent for films 3 and 4. [[spoiler: This is particularly noticeable during Wick's funeral in the fourth film, an event you'd imagine Aurelio would want to attend.[[labelnote:*]] Apparently there was an intent to have more people be in the funeral, but this was cut down due to budgetary reasons.[[/labelnote]]]]
** [[spoiler: Although, there is a possibility that Marquis de Gramont had Aurelio killed off screen as part of De Gramont's strategy to kill as many of John Wick's friends as possible.[[labelnote:*]]

* NoNameGiven: Promotional materials list him as just a "Tracker", and he only replies to queries about who he is with "Nobody".

* BoomHeadshot: How she meets her demise after breaking the Continental Rules, [[NoKillLikeOverKill by four guns at once no less.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:After John chooses to rescue his dog from Chidi, Nobodynis unable to bring himself to kill him and helps him get to the duel with Caine on time.]]