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* ImprobableAge: Gogo isn't even old enough to drink, but is the personal bodyguard of the leader of the Yakuza.

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Budd specifically states that "customers wear hats" and Gomez specifically replies that he's not "the boss of the customers" - therefore, he definitely ISN'T devoid of paying customers. Stop making unfounded statements and private theories regarding condition of Larry's business based on literally the only scene (and very short one at that) where we can see his bar.


[[caption-width-right:320:''"Well, I'm not the boss of the customers. I'm the boss of you. And I'm telling you-- I want you to keep that shit-kicker hat at home."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Well, I'm not the boss of the customers. I'm the boss of you. And I'm telling you-- you -- I want you to keep that shit-kicker hat at home."'']]



-> ''"You're saying that the reason...that you're not doing the job that I'm paying you to do...is that you don't have a job to do? Is that what you're saying?"''

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-> ''"You're saying that the reason... that you're not doing the job that I'm paying you to do...do... is that you don't have a job to do? Is that what you're saying?"''



* MeanBoss: He gives Budd a harsh slating and suspends him for an indefinite period of time for being twenty minutes late.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Implied to be considerably wealthy given he mentions owning a car wash besides the stripclub, yet the stripclub is utterly devoid of paying customers due to poor business sense. Given his drug abuse and hostility towards Budd, he might be facing imminent bankruptcy.

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* MeanBoss: He gives Budd a harsh slating and suspends him for an indefinite period of time for being twenty minutes late.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Implied to be considerably wealthy given he mentions owning a car wash besides the stripclub, yet the stripclub is utterly devoid of paying customers due to poor business sense. Given
late. He also insults him over his drug abuse hat and hostility towards Budd, he might be facing imminent bankruptcy.tells him not to wear it while at job for no reason other than "because I said so".

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* BoringButPractical: His methods in his confrontation with the Bride are considerably less flashy than the rest of the squad. [[spoiler:Realizing she has been tailing him, he simply gets in his trailer, sits at the entrance with a shotgun loaded with rock salt rounds, and shoots her the second she opens the door.]]

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* BoringButPractical: His methods in his confrontation with the Bride are considerably less flashy than the rest of the squad. [[spoiler:Realizing she has been tailing him, he simply gets in his trailer, sits at on the other side of the entrance with a shotgun loaded with rock salt rounds, and shoots waits for her the second she opens the door.]]to enter to shoot her]]. [[spoiler:''It works'']].



* AnArmAndALeg: She loses one arm for the Bride to call out O-Ren and loses the other arm during the Bride's interrogation of her in the trunk.
* BullyingADragon: Calling her captor a "stupid blonde slut" after she's just sliced her arm off, slaughtered her way through an entire Yakuza army, and killed her boss is [[TooDumbToLive flat-out suicidal]], especially since the Bride only kept her alive to interrogate her for information and to send a message to Bill.

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* AnArmAndALeg: She loses one has her left arm for sliced off by the Bride to call out O-Ren and directly before the battle at the House of Blue Leaves. In the Japanese theatrical release, Sofie loses the her other arm during the Bride's interrogation of her in the trunk.
* BullyingADragon: Calling her captor a "stupid blonde slut" after she's just sliced her arm off, slaughtered her way through an entire Yakuza army, and killed her boss is [[TooDumbToLive flat-out suicidal]], especially since the Bride only kept her alive to interrogate her for information and to send a message to Bill. In the Japanese edition of the film (and possibly the western version as well, depending on your interpretation), she pays for it with her other arm.



* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When she's watching [[spoiler:the El Paso murders]], Sofie has her hair in a ponytail. In the present, she wears her hair up in a bun. [[spoiler:At the end, after being mutilated, she wears her hair down while talking to Bill.]]
* FauxActionGirl: Notably so in a WorldOfActionGirls. Despite being a protégé of Bill's, she puts up no fight at all when the Bride comes calling.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The Bride cuts off both of her arms, the left one as a means of making a point to O-Ren, and the other one during her interrogation.]] It should be noted that [[spoiler:this is left somewhat ambiguous in the American theatrical version, as we don't ''see'' the Bride cutting off her other arm]].
* GratuitousFrench: She delivers her most famous line, quoted and translated above, in the language. Justified by her origins. It is hinted that the Bride understood it entirely.

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When she's watching [[spoiler:the El Paso murders]], Sofie has her hair in a ponytail. In the present, she wears her hair up in a bun. [[spoiler:At the end, end of the movie, after being mutilated, she wears her hair down while talking to Bill.]]
* FauxActionGirl: Notably so in a WorldOfActionGirls. Despite being a protégé of Bill's, she puts seems to put up no fight at all when the Bride comes calling.calling (though the Bride evidently overpowers her offscreen).
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:Depending on the version of the film, the Bride cuts off both either one or ''both'' of her arms, the arms—the left one as a means of making to make a point to O-Ren, and the other right one during her interrogation.]] It should be noted that [[spoiler:this interrogation. The latter is left somewhat ambiguous in the American theatrical version, as we don't ''see'' the Bride cutting off her other arm]].
* GratuitousFrench: She delivers her most famous line, quoted and translated above, in the language. Justified by her origins. It is hinted that the Bride understood it entirely.her words.



* TranslatorBuddy: She acts as O-Ren's interpreter in French and Japanese.
* UndyingLoyalty: To O-Ren.

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* TranslatorBuddy: She acts as O-Ren's interpreter in French French, English, and Japanese.
* UndyingLoyalty: To O-Ren.O-Ren and Bill.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She loses both arms to the Bride, and is left alive to deliver a message to Bill. She's never mentioned afterwards.]]

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She loses both arms to the Bride, Bride (though her right arm may have been spared in the American release), and is left alive to deliver a message to Bill. She's never mentioned afterwards.]]



* AxCrazy: Holy shit, yes. Gogo kills entirely at random for even slight provocations.

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* AxCrazy: Holy shit, yes. This is how the Bride describes Gogo Yubari: "Gogo may be young, but what she lacks in age, she makes up for in madness." She kills entirely at random for even slight provocations.random, and at the slightest provocation.



* CuteAndPsycho: There's a big contrast between her love of killing people and her schoolgirl mannerisms (like cheerfully saying hi to the Bride and covering her mouth when she laughs).
* DarkActionGirl: Gogo is probably the darkest in both movies except for Elle, with her willingness to kill at the drop of a hat with a smile on her face.
* EpicFlail: She wields a meteor hammer, which is basically a weighted bludgeon on the end of a chain.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: On multiple levels. Her weapon is a modified meteor hammer, traditionally a Chinese weapon, which is somewhat out of place in Japan, especially given that all the other members of her gang use katanas. It's further modified with the retractable sawblade ring, making it even more exotic. The Supremacy part comes in when she's able to give the Bride one of the most difficult fights of the film largely due to her being ill-equipped to deal with such an unusual weapon.

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* CuteAndPsycho: There's a big contrast between her love of killing people and her schoolgirl mannerisms (like cheerfully (cheerfully saying hi "hi" to the Bride and Bride, covering her mouth when she laughs).
giggles, etc) and her insatiable bloodlust.
* DarkActionGirl: Arguably darker than any other woman in the story save for Elle. Gogo is probably the darkest in both movies except for Elle, with her willingness to will kill at the drop of a hat with a smile on her face.
* EpicFlail: She wields a meteor hammer, which is basically a weighted bludgeon on at the end of a chain.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: On multiple levels. Her weapon is a modified meteor hammer, traditionally a Chinese weapon, which is somewhat out of place in Japan, especially given a Yakuza clan that all the other members of her gang use almost exclusively fights with katanas. It's further modified with the retractable sawblade ring, making it even more exotic. The Supremacy ''supremacy'' part comes in when she's able to give the Bride one of the most difficult fights of the film film, largely due to her the latter being ill-equipped to deal with such an unusual weapon.



* GigglingVillain: Her schoolgirl tittering clashes hard with Gogo's bloodlust and propensity for violence.

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* GigglingVillain: Her Gogo's schoolgirl tittering clashes hard with Gogo's bloodlust and her extreme propensity for violence.



* GlassCannon: She's incredibly dangerous but can't take much punishment herself before The Bride takes her out.



* KubrickStare: She gives this almost all the time, and particularly in her face-off with the Bride.
* LittleMissBadass: She's the youngest fighter in both volumes, and one of the most dangerous.
-->'''The Bride:''' What she lacks in age, she makes up for in madness.

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* KubrickStare: She gives this almost all the time, and particularly in her face-off with the Bride.
* LittleMissBadass: She's the youngest fighter in both volumes, the ''Kill Bill'' saga, and one of the most dangerous.
-->'''The Bride:''' What she lacks in age, she makes up for in madness.
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* PsychoForHire: Hoo boy, yes. Gogo is psychotic to the core, with even the Bride considering her to be mad.
* PsychoSupporter: It's unclear if she's truly loyal to O-Ren (as the Bride suggests) or if she just loves a spot of murder.

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* PsychoForHire: Hoo boy, yes. Gogo is psychotic to the core, with even the Bride considering describing her to be as mad.
* PsychoSupporter: It's unclear if she's truly loyal to O-Ren (as the Bride suggests) suggests), or if she she's just loves a spot of in it for the murder.



* TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler:As she is dying from having a nailed board driven through her skull.]]

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* TearsOfBlood: [[spoiler:As she is dying from having a nailed board driven through into her skull.]]



* LeParkour: He leaps up a katana embedded in a pillar to the second level of the House of Blue Leaves to pursue The Bride during the Crazy 88 fight scene.

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* LeParkour: He leaps up a katana embedded in a pillar to the second level of the House of Blue Leaves to pursue The the Bride during the Crazy 88 fight scene.



* KatanasAreJustBetter: Most of them wield katanas, [[SubvertedTrope but]] aren't nearly as effective as the Bride is.
* MadeOfPlasticine: They get hacked apart with little effort by the Bride's sword, then again it's a Hattori Hanzo sword.
* TheMenInBlack: They are apparently a simultaneous ShoutOut to ''Radio/TheGreenHornet'' and ''Film/TheMatrix'' (Yuen Wo Ping was the fight choreographer for all three ''Matrix'' films and ''Kill Bill'').

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Most of them wield katanas, [[SubvertedTrope but]] they aren't nearly as effective as the one the Bride is.
wields, nor do they fight as formidably as she does.
* MadeOfPlasticine: They get hacked apart Armed with little effort by the Bride's sword, then again it's a freshly-minted Hattori Hanzo sword.
Hanso sword, the Bride cuts through the whole army like a hot knife through butter.
* TheMenInBlack: They are apparently a simultaneous ShoutOut to ''Radio/TheGreenHornet'' and ''Film/TheMatrix'' (Yuen Wo Ping was the fight choreographer for all three ''Matrix'' films and films—and for ''Kill Bill'').



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:O-Ren chops his head off with a katana sword, and he ''deserves'' it.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:O-Ren [[spoiler:The moment he expresses a racist sentiment against O-Ren's partial Chinese heritage, she chops his head clean off with a katana sword, her katana. The rest of the Yakuza bosses get the message, and he ''deserves'' it.]]the subject is never raised again.]



* {{Jerkass}}: Tanaka insults O-Ren at her own table, [[spoiler:which he immediately gets beheaded for]].

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* {{Jerkass}}: Tanaka insults O-Ren at her own table, [[spoiler:which which quickly became the last thing he immediately gets beheaded for]].ever did]].
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* BoringButPractical: His methods in his confrontation with the Bride are considerably less flashy than the rest of the squad. [[spoiler:Realizing she has been tailing him, he simply gets in his trailer, sits on the other side of the entrance with a shotgun loaded with rock salt rounds, and waits for her to enter to shoot her]]. [[spoiler:''It works'']].

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* BoringButPractical: His methods in his confrontation with the Bride are considerably less flashy than the rest of the squad. [[spoiler:Realizing she has been tailing him, he simply gets in his trailer, sits on the other side of at the entrance with a shotgun loaded with rock salt rounds, and waits for shoots her to enter to shoot her]]. [[spoiler:''It works'']].the second she opens the door.]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether the Bride has cut her other arm while interrogating her or if the threat was enough to get the inforamation. It seems that her remaining arm is still flailing as she's rolling downhill towards the hospital, but the camera only focuses on her face in the following scenes.


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* IronicName: The name Sofie comes from the Greek word for "wisdom". Sofie's actions during the film, such as going to the bathroom without any bodyguard or insulting the Bride after O-Ren's death, are markedly unwise.


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* MouthOfSauron: Downplayed as O-Ren has even more screentime than her, but Sofie is shown acting as an intermediary for her boss through phone calls.
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* BeneathTheMask: He presents himself as a short-tempered sushi chef, but he's actually a very serious and solemn blacksmith who still repents for his role in Bill's criminal career.


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* KarmicDeath: After decades of mentally and physically abusing his students, all while gloating about it, he dies in a painful and undignified way, only managing to gargle out some last insults at Elle, who (understandably, even for a psycho like herself) is enjoying every single moment of his agony.

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* PetTheDog: When she realizes that there's about to be a bloodbath at the club she and her cronies are at, her first reaction before anything else is to tell the waiter to hightail it, which he wisely listens to.

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When she realizes that there's about to be a bloodbath at the club she and her cronies are at, her first reaction before anything else is to tell the waiter to hightail it, which he wisely listens to.to.
** She respects Hattori Hanzo and accuses the Bride of lying about him breaking his vow.
** When the Bride manages to wound her, she apologizes for having ridiculed her swordmanship. Implicitly, O-Ren is also apologizing for her role in the massacre, even if both know it's too late.
* PragmaticVillainy: Even as an uncontested yakuza boss, she makes sure to be not only feared, but also respected. A trait she shares with the Bride is the unwillingness to involve innocents in the feud between them, allowing the terrified crowd to flee the House of Blue Leaves once it's clear that it will end in a bloodbath.
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* {{Greed}}: He can barely contain his excitement when Elle gifts him with a million dollars for the bride's Hanzo sword. [[spoiler:It's downplayed, though as [[EvenEvilHasStandards he isn't willing to sell the Hanzo sword his brother gave him]], despite having no use for it]].


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* HiddenHeartOfGold: Downplayed since [[ProfessionalKiller his heart is definitely not gold]], but it turns out that [[spoiler:he couldn't bring himself to sell the Hattori Hanzo sword that Bill gave him despite his financial struggles, and lied to him that he did to get him to cut ties with him]]. He's also the only viper that feels genuine remorse at the Massacre at Two Pines.


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* KickTheDog: After the wounded bride spits blood on his face, he responds by spitting his chewing tobacco on her.


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* PetTheDog: He gives the bride a flashlight before burying her alive, which ends up being pivotal to her escape.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Budd is far from being a decent man but he's given an affable personality and enough humanizing moments to make his already excruciating death even more painful for the audience.]]


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* IdiotBall: Overall, Budd is very cunning, but he makes a fatal mistake when he [[spoiler: trusts Elle to bring him the money without any other guarantee. They have worked together for years and Budd knows she's a "hateful bitch", so one would expect that at least he has the foreseeing to warn Bill about the exchange, or at least not to meet Elle all by himself, especially when he lives in a trailer without immediate access to aid.]]
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* {{Foil}}: To Budd, as they are the two that came the closest to kill the Bride. O-Ren is a powerful Yakuza boss who maintains a very polite and stoic behavior but is nevertheless feared by everyone, while Budd has retired from crime and works as a bouncer in a dismaying titty-bar and, despite his gruff appearance, he seems easy to push around until he proves otherwise. O-Ren sends her minions first but is willing to face the Bride in a sword duel, Budd [[spoiler: ambushes her with a shotgun, all by himself]]. O-Ren apologizes for ridiculing the Bride's swordmanship (and, implicitly, for her role in the massacre) after the Bride has wounded her; Budd privately agrees that the Bride deserves her revenge but only has a humanizing moment ([[spoiler:giving her a torch and a chance to escape the burial instead of killing her on the spot]]) once he's in clear advantage, and never directly apologizes. The confrontation with O-Ren takes place in a beautiful roof garden under the falling snow, the one with Budd in a desert with just his trailer as part of the scenery.


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* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Before dueling with the Bride, and it perfectly sums up O-Ren's [[LadyOfWar character]].
-->'''O-Ren Ishii:''' But as last looks go, you could do worse.
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* CardCarryingVillain: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He freely admits he's "a murdering bastard", but doesn't appear to take pride in being called evil. He just accepts that given his line of work, it only makes sense to call him a villain. This is probably because he's a PopCulturedBadass, so he explicitly is comparing the Bride's RoaringRampageOfRevenge and his own role in it in narrative terms.

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* CardCarryingVillain: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He freely admits he's "a murdering bastard", but doesn't appear to take pride in being called evil. He just accepts that given his line of work, it only makes sense to call him a villain. This is probably because he's a PopCulturedBadass, so he explicitly is comparing describing the Bride's RoaringRampageOfRevenge and his own role in it in narrative terms.
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* CardCarryingVillain: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He freely admits he's "a murdering bastard", but doesn't appear to take pride in being called evil. He just accepts that given his line of work, it only makes sense to call him a villain.

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* CardCarryingVillain: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He freely admits he's "a murdering bastard", but doesn't appear to take pride in being called evil. He just accepts that given his line of work, it only makes sense to call him a villain. This is probably because he's a PopCulturedBadass, so he explicitly is comparing the Bride's RoaringRampageOfRevenge and his own role in it in narrative terms.
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* PetTheDog: He fondly remembers taking little Bill to the movies, specifically ''Film/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice1946''.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Doesn't tolerate anyone mocking her origins (and punishes [[OffWithHisHead harshly]] those who dare to), but mocks Beatrix for being a 'Silly caucasian girl' who 'likes to play with samurai swords'. She ultimately apologize for the said comment after the latter gets a HeroicSecondWind and proves herself to be a WorthyOpponent.
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* SonOfAWhore: If the theory about him and Bill being the sons of Esteban Vihaho's prostitutes is true.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: This rapist douchebag actually wears a crucifix around his neck.
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* RetiredMonster: After the chapel massacre, he retired as the leader of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad to raise B.B. and visit the comatose Beatrix in the hospital.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Michael Parks
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!!Other Characters

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!!B.B.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Perla Haney-Jardine

->''"Freeze, Mommy!"''\\\

The daughter of Beatrix and Bill. She was raised by her father while her mother was comatose.

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!!B.B.
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[[folder:Boss Matsumoto]]
!!Matsumoto
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!!!'''Played By:''' Perla Haney-Jardine

->''"Freeze, Mommy!"''\\\

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The daughter of Beatrix and Bill. She was raised by her father while her mother was comatose.Yakuza boss who killed O-Ren Ishii's family.



* CheerfulChild: B.B. is absolutely delighted to meet Beatrix, and thinks she's just the most beautiful woman in the world.
* CreepyChild: Poor, poor Emilio. She took her goldfish out of its bowl, and then ''stepped'' on it, seemingly just to see what would happen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She doesn't seem to, well, understand how to take care of a pet. Her upbringing hasn't really helped. [[spoiler:We can only hope that being taken care of by her mom after the second movie will help her drop that. She's four, but she also thinks the R-rated film ''Shogun Assassin'' makes a fine bedtime story.]] Overall, this is pretty much an example of exactly ''why'' Beatrix didn't want Bill involved in B.B.'s life.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence in the second film, particularly her being very present in the trailer, spoils TheReveal of the first movie.
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[[folder:Boss Matsumoto]]
!!Matsumoto
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The Yakuza boss who killed O-Ren Ishii's family.
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[[folder:Nikki Bell]]
!!Nikkia "Nikki" Bell
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!!!'''Played By:''' Ambrosia Kelley

Vernita's 4-year-old daughter.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: She's a typical young girl who lives in a white-picket-fence suburb and loves her parents.
* DissonantSerenity: She takes her mother's murder right in front of her eyes with surprising aplomb. Or maybe she was just ''too'' shocked to manage to do, well, ''anything''.
* DullSurprise: She seems pretty calm and collected for a 4-year-old girl seeing her mom die.
* SequelHook: Tarantino has said that if he ever makes a sequel to ''Kill Bill'', it will involve Nikki seeking revenge on the Bride for killing her mother. He's even hinted at the possibility of a fourth movie; assuming Nikki is successful, the fourth will continue the CycleOfRevenge by having B.B. hunting down Nikki. However, Tarantino has admitted that if it does happen, it "won't be for quite a while".
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%%* BeardOfEvil* BeardOfEvil: Buck has a beard and is a thoroughly detestable piece of work.



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!!Earl [=McGraw=]
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelParks

A policeman who investigates the wedding chapel massacre.
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* CoolShades: He has a whole collection on the top of his dashboard.
* HypocriticalHumor: He tells off his son for taking the Lord's name in vain in a church, while swearing in a church. Then he waxes lyrical about how DropDeadGorgeous the Bride is, until she spits in his eye. "This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."
* SeenItAll: He's hardly fazed by the carnage in the chapel, suggesting his lawman career has made this kind of crime scene familiar to him.
* {{Transplant}}: He's a character from previous Quentin Tarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez films, namely ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/DeathProof'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror''.
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!!Larry Gomez
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Well, I'm not the boss of the customers. I'm the boss of you. And I'm telling you-- I want you to keep that shit-kicker hat at home."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Larry Bishop

-> ''"You're saying that the reason...that you're not doing the job that I'm paying you to do...is that you don't have a job to do? Is that what you're saying?"''

Budd's employer and owner of the Texas strip club he works at as a bouncer.

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!!B.B.
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Well, I'm not the boss of the customers. I'm the boss of you. And I'm telling you-- I want you to keep that shit-kicker hat at home."'']]
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!!!'''Played By:''' Larry Bishop

-> ''"You're saying that the reason...that you're not doing the job that I'm paying you to do...is that you don't have a job to do? Is that what you're saying?"''

Budd's employer
Perla Haney-Jardine

->''"Freeze, Mommy!"''\\\

The daughter of Beatrix
and owner of the Texas strip club he works at as a bouncer.Bill. She was raised by her father while her mother was comatose.



* BullyingADragon: He has no idea the employee he chews out was once a champion assassin.
* DrugsAreBad: He snorts cocaine, and it makes him act hostile towards Budd.
* JerkassHasAPoint: His conversation with Budd indicates that this isn't the first time the latter has arrived to work late, so he has the right to be pissed off at him. Also, telling your boss that it's okay to be late if there is no job for you to do at the moment ''is'' a pretty lame excuse.
* MeanBoss: He gives Budd a harsh slating and suspends him for an indefinite period of time for being twenty minutes late.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Implied to be considerably wealthy given he mentions owning a car wash besides the stripclub, yet the stripclub is utterly devoid of paying customers due to poor business sense. Given his drug abuse and hostility towards Budd, he might be facing imminent bankruptcy.

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* BullyingADragon: He has no idea CheerfulChild: B.B. is absolutely delighted to meet Beatrix, and thinks she's just the employee he chews most beautiful woman in the world.
* CreepyChild: Poor, poor Emilio. She took her goldfish
out was once a champion assassin.
* DrugsAreBad: He snorts cocaine,
of its bowl, and it then ''stepped'' on it, seemingly just to see what would happen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She doesn't seem to, well, understand how to take care of a pet. Her upbringing hasn't really helped. [[spoiler:We can only hope that being taken care of by her mom after the second movie will help her drop that. She's four, but she also thinks the R-rated film ''Shogun Assassin''
makes him act hostile towards Budd.
* JerkassHasAPoint: His conversation with Budd indicates that
a fine bedtime story.]] Overall, this isn't is pretty much an example of exactly ''why'' Beatrix didn't want Bill involved in B.B.'s life.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence in the second film, particularly her being very present in the trailer, spoils TheReveal of
the first time the latter has arrived to work late, so he has the right to be pissed off at him. Also, telling your boss that it's okay to be late if there is no job for you to do at the moment ''is'' a pretty lame excuse.
* MeanBoss: He gives Budd a harsh slating and suspends him for an indefinite period of time for being twenty minutes late.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Implied to be considerably wealthy given he mentions owning a car wash besides the stripclub, yet the stripclub is utterly devoid of paying customers due to poor business sense. Given his drug abuse and hostility towards Budd, he might be facing imminent bankruptcy.
movie.



[[folder:Jay]]
!!Jay
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SidHaig

One of Bud's coworkers at the strip club.

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[[folder:Jay]]
!!Jay
[[folder:Nikki Bell]]
!!Nikkia "Nikki" Bell
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikki_bell.png]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SidHaig

One of Bud's coworkers at the strip club.
Ambrosia Kelley

Vernita's 4-year-old daughter.


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* ChildrenAreInnocent: She's a typical young girl who lives in a white-picket-fence suburb and loves her parents.
* DissonantSerenity: She takes her mother's murder right in front of her eyes with surprising aplomb. Or maybe she was just ''too'' shocked to manage to do, well, ''anything''.
* DullSurprise: She seems pretty calm and collected for a 4-year-old girl seeing her mom die.
* SequelHook: Tarantino has said that if he ever makes a sequel to ''Kill Bill'', it will involve Nikki seeking revenge on the Bride for killing her mother. He's even hinted at the possibility of a fourth movie; assuming Nikki is successful, the fourth will continue the CycleOfRevenge by having B.B. hunting down Nikki. However, Tarantino has admitted that if it does happen, it "won't be for quite a while".


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[[folder:Earl [=McGraw=]]]
!!Earl [=McGraw=]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeMcGraw_7048.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelParks

A policeman who investigates the wedding chapel massacre.
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* CoolShades: He has a whole collection on the top of his dashboard.
* HypocriticalHumor: He tells off his son for taking the Lord's name in vain in a church, while swearing in a church. Then he waxes lyrical about how DropDeadGorgeous the Bride is, until she spits in his eye. "This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."
* SeenItAll: He's hardly fazed by the carnage in the chapel, suggesting his lawman career has made this kind of crime scene familiar to him.
* {{Transplant}}: He's a character from previous Quentin Tarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez films, namely ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/DeathProof'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror''.
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[[folder:Larry Gomez]]
!!Larry Gomez
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Well, I'm not the boss of the customers. I'm the boss of you. And I'm telling you-- I want you to keep that shit-kicker hat at home."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Larry Bishop

-> ''"You're saying that the reason...that you're not doing the job that I'm paying you to do...is that you don't have a job to do? Is that what you're saying?"''

Budd's employer and owner of the Texas strip club he works at as a bouncer.
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* BullyingADragon: He has no idea the employee he chews out was once a champion assassin.
* DrugsAreBad: He snorts cocaine, and it makes him act hostile towards Budd.
* JerkassHasAPoint: His conversation with Budd indicates that this isn't the first time the latter has arrived to work late, so he has the right to be pissed off at him. Also, telling your boss that it's okay to be late if there is no job for you to do at the moment ''is'' a pretty lame excuse.
* MeanBoss: He gives Budd a harsh slating and suspends him for an indefinite period of time for being twenty minutes late.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Implied to be considerably wealthy given he mentions owning a car wash besides the stripclub, yet the stripclub is utterly devoid of paying customers due to poor business sense. Given his drug abuse and hostility towards Budd, he might be facing imminent bankruptcy.
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[[folder:Jay]]
!!Jay
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SidHaig

One of Bud's coworkers at the strip club.
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!The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad

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!The !!The Deadly Viper Assassination SquadSquad

[[folder:In General]]



->''"Well, a sure and steady hand did this. This ain't no squirrelly amateur. This is the work of a salty dog. You can tell by the cleanliness of the carnage. Now, a kill-crazy rampage, though it may be, all the colours are kept inside the lines."'' -- '''Texas Ranger Earl [=McGraw=]'''

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->''"Well, a sure and steady hand did this. This ain't no squirrelly amateur. This is the work of a salty dog. You can tell by the cleanliness of the carnage. Now, a kill-crazy rampage, though it may be, all the colours are kept inside the lines."'' -- "''
-->--
'''Texas Ranger Earl [=McGraw=]'''

[[folder:In General]]
[=McGraw=]'''
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/UmaThurman

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/UmaThurman



->'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidCarradine

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidCarradine



->'''Played by:''' Creator/DarylHannah

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DarylHannah



->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelMadsen

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelMadsen



->'''Played by:''' Creator/LucyLiu [[note]]voiced by Creator/AiMaeda in Japanese in the animated sequence[[/note]]

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LucyLiu [[note]]voiced by Creator/AiMaeda in Japanese in the animated sequence[[/note]]



->'''Played By:''' Creator/VivicaAFox

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->'''Played !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/VivicaAFox



!Associates of Bill

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!Associates !!Associates of Bill



->'''Played by:''' Michael Parks

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Michael Parks



->'''Played by:''' Creator/SonnyChiba

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SonnyChiba



->'''Played by:''' Creator/GordonLiu

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GordonLiu



!Associates of O-Ren Ishii

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!Associates !!Associates of O-Ren Ishii



->'''Played by:''' Julie Dreyfus

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Julie Dreyfus



->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChiakiKuriyama

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ChiakiKuriyama



->'''Played by:''' Creator/GordonLiu

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GordonLiu



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As TheDragon to O-Ren, he turns out to be a pretty good fighter, and gives the Bride more trouble than all the other members of the Crazy 88 combined.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: As TheDragon to O-Ren, he turns out to be a pretty good fighter, and gives the Bride more trouble than all the other members of the Crazy 88 combined.



->'''Played by:''' Jun Kunimura

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Jun Kunimura



!Other Characters

[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
!!B.B.
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bb_kiddo_kill_bill.png]]
->'''Played by:''' Perla Haney-Jardine

->''"Freeze, Mommy!"''\\\

The daughter of Beatrix and Bill. She was raised by her father while her mother was comatose.

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!Other Characters

[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
!!B.B.
!!Two Pines Church

[[folder:Tommy Plympton]]
!!Tommy Plympton
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->'''Played by:''' Perla Haney-Jardine

->''"Freeze, Mommy!"''\\\

The daughter of Beatrix and Bill. She
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, I guess I just believe in living dangerously."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Christopher Allen Nelson

Beatrix's fiancé who
was raised by her father while her mother was comatose.killed in the wedding chapel massacre.



* CheerfulChild: B.B. is absolutely delighted to meet Beatrix, and thinks she's just the most beautiful woman in the world.
* CreepyChild: Poor, poor Emilio. She took her goldfish out of its bowl, and then ''stepped'' on it, seemingly just to see what would happen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She doesn't seem to, well, understand how to take care of a pet. Her upbringing hasn't really helped. [[spoiler:We can only hope that being taken care of by her mom after the second movie will help her drop that. She's four, but she also thinks the R-rated film ''Shogun Assassin'' makes a fine bedtime story.]] Overall, this is pretty much an example of exactly ''why'' Beatrix didn't want Bill involved in B.B.'s life.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence in the second film, particularly her being very present in the trailer, spoils TheReveal of the first movie.

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* CheerfulChild: B.B. is absolutely delighted DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Bill points out that it's [[ImpliedDeathThreat bad luck]] to meet Beatrix, and thinks she's just see one's bride-to-be in her wedding dress before the most beautiful woman in the world.
* CreepyChild: Poor, poor Emilio. She took her goldfish
wedding, he says they might as well get their money's worth out of its bowl, and then ''stepped'' on it, seemingly it by using the dress for the rehearsal as well. You can just see Bill deciding he's TooDumbToLive at that point...
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's made obvious to the audience (but not Tommy) that Bill is the father of the Bride's baby, not Tommy.
* NiceGuy: The unlucky bastard seems like a friendly, if dim, fellow.
* UnwittingPawn: The Bride marries him
just to see what would happen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She doesn't seem to, well, understand how to take care of
have a pet. Her upbringing hasn't really helped. [[spoiler:We can only hope that legitimate father for her child, even though she knows full well the marriage won't last. He ends up being taken care of killed by her mom after the second movie will help her drop that. She's four, but she also thinks the R-rated film ''Shogun Assassin'' makes a fine bedtime story.]] Overall, this is pretty his fiancé's ex without even knowing why.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's killed before we get to know
much an example of exactly ''why'' Beatrix didn't want Bill involved in B.B.'s life.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence in the second film, particularly her being very present in the trailer, spoils TheReveal of the first movie.
about him.



[[folder:Boss Matsumoto]]
!!Matsumoto
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The Yakuza boss who killed O-Ren Ishii's family.

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[[folder:Boss Matsumoto]]
!!Matsumoto
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[[folder:Rufus]]
!!Rufus
[[quoteright:350:https://static.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matsumoto_1.jpg]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bell_%26_the_Drells a Drell]]. [[Music/LeiberAndStoller I was a Drifter. I was a Coaster]]. I was [[Music/KoolAndTheGang part of the Gang]]. I was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Kays a Bar-Kay]]... If they come through Texas, I done played with them."'']]
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson

The Yakuza boss organist who killed O-Ren Ishii's family.was to perform at Beatrix and Tommy's wedding.



* AssholeVictim: When O-Ren Ishii kills him, it is fully deserved, and no one will miss him.
* DissonantSerenity: Matsumoto seems to smile and simply look happy while he's killing an innocent family.
* HateSink: Although he has little screentime -- in fact, he only appears in a short, animated but memorable flashback scene -- Matsumoto manages to establish himself in such a short time as one of the worst people in both films.
* HighPressureBlood: When O-Ren kills him and pulls her katana out of his belly, a ''fountain'' of blood erupts from the wound and sprays over O-Ren and most of the walls.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He intended to have sex with O-Ren (who was pretending to be a prostitute) before she killed him; what makes this even worse is that she's ''eleven'' at the time of the flashbacks, which would have made it statutory rape.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the one behind Ishii's StartOfDarkness as a feared assassin, but he has very little screentime.
* TheSociopath: Matsumoto has no emotions but happiness when he kills innocent people.
* WouldHitAGirl: He personally murders O-Ren's mother by impaling her with a katana.
* WouldHurtAChild: He's a Yakuza boss and a sadistic pedophile.

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* AssholeVictim: When O-Ren Ishii kills him, it TheCameo: For Tarantino regular Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* TheFaceless: All we ever see
is fully deserved, and no one will miss him.
the back of his head.
* DissonantSerenity: Matsumoto seems to smile and simply look happy while PhraseCatcher: "Rufus... he's killing an innocent family.
the man."
* HateSink: Although he has little screentime -- in fact, he only appears in a short, animated but memorable flashback scene -- Matsumoto manages to establish himself in such a short time as SacrificialLamb: He was one of the worst people blown away in both films.
* HighPressureBlood: When O-Ren kills him and pulls her katana out of his belly, a ''fountain'' of blood erupts from
the wound and sprays over O-Ren and most of the walls.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He intended to have sex with O-Ren (who was pretending to be a prostitute) before she killed him; what makes this even worse is
wedding party massacre that she's ''eleven'' at kicked off the time of plot.
* SacrificialLion: If you believe
the flashbacks, which would have made it statutory rape.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the one behind Ishii's StartOfDarkness as a feared assassin, but he has very little screentime.
* TheSociopath: Matsumoto has no emotions but happiness when he kills innocent people.
* WouldHitAGirl: He personally murders O-Ren's mother by impaling her with a katana.
* WouldHurtAChild: He's a Yakuza boss and a sadistic pedophile.
theory that he's [[Film/PulpFiction Jules]].



[[folder:Nikki Bell]]
!!Nikkia "Nikki" Bell
[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikki_bell.png]]

->'''Played by:''' Ambrosia Kelley

Vernita's 4-year-old daughter.

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[[folder:Nikki Bell]]
!!Nikkia "Nikki" Bell
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!!Other Characters

[[folder:Spoiler Character]]
!!B.B.
[[quoteright:350:https://static.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikki_bell.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bb_kiddo_kill_bill.png]]
\n->'''Played by:''' Ambrosia Kelley\n\nVernita's 4-year-old daughter.!!!'''Played By:''' Perla Haney-Jardine

->''"Freeze, Mommy!"''\\\

The daughter of Beatrix and Bill. She was raised by her father while her mother was comatose.



* ChildrenAreInnocent: She's a typical young girl who lives in a white-picket-fence suburb and loves her parents.
* DissonantSerenity: She takes her mother's murder right in front of her eyes with surprising aplomb. Or maybe she was just ''too'' shocked to manage to do, well, ''anything''.
* DullSurprise: She seems pretty calm and collected for a 4-year-old girl seeing her mom die.
* SequelHook: Tarantino has said that if he ever makes a sequel to ''Kill Bill'', it will involve Nikki seeking revenge on the Bride for killing her mother. He's even hinted at the possibility of a fourth movie; assuming Nikki is successful, the fourth will continue the CycleOfRevenge by having B.B. hunting down Nikki. However, Tarantino has admitted that if it does happen, it "won't be for quite a while".

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: She's a typical young girl who lives in a white-picket-fence suburb and loves her parents.
* DissonantSerenity: She takes her mother's murder right in front of her eyes with surprising aplomb. Or maybe she was just ''too'' shocked to manage to do, well, ''anything''.
* DullSurprise: She seems pretty calm and collected for a 4-year-old girl seeing her mom die.
* SequelHook: Tarantino has said that if he ever makes a sequel to ''Kill Bill'', it will involve Nikki seeking revenge on the Bride for killing her mother. He's even hinted at the possibility of a fourth movie; assuming Nikki is successful, the fourth will continue the CycleOfRevenge by having
CheerfulChild: B.B. hunting down Nikki. However, Tarantino has admitted is absolutely delighted to meet Beatrix, and thinks she's just the most beautiful woman in the world.
* CreepyChild: Poor, poor Emilio. She took her goldfish out of its bowl, and then ''stepped'' on it, seemingly just to see what would happen.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She doesn't seem to, well, understand how to take care of a pet. Her upbringing hasn't really helped. [[spoiler:We can only hope
that if it does happen, it "won't be for quite being taken care of by her mom after the second movie will help her drop that. She's four, but she also thinks the R-rated film ''Shogun Assassin'' makes a while".fine bedtime story.]] Overall, this is pretty much an example of exactly ''why'' Beatrix didn't want Bill involved in B.B.'s life.
* WalkingSpoiler: Her existence in the second film, particularly her being very present in the trailer, spoils TheReveal of the first movie.



[[folder:Buck]]
!!Buck
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buckbowen_854.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"My name is Buck, and I'm here to fuck."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelBowen
->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)

An orderly at the hospital where the Bride lay comatose for four years. He has been selling sexual access to her body, as well as partaking himself.

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[[folder:Buck]]
!!Buck
[[quoteright:350:https://static.
[[folder:Boss Matsumoto]]
!!Matsumoto
[[quoteright:236:https://static.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/buckbowen_854.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"My name is Buck, and I'm here to fuck."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelBowen
->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)

An orderly at the hospital where the Bride lay comatose for four years. He has been selling sexual access to her body, as well as partaking himself.
org/pmwiki/pub/images/matsumoto_1.jpg]]

The Yakuza boss who killed O-Ren Ishii's family.



* AintTooProudToBeg: He tries in vain to stop the recently awoken Bride from smashing his head in with a door. He fails.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Almost, as the Bride doesn't ''quite'' manage to cut off his foot. Still, eeeeeew.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He's one of the first chronological kills by the Bride in the film on-screen (after the guy who was about to rape her had her bite his tongue off, leading to a lot of blood and likely killing '''him'''. Once he admits to the Bride that he pimped her comatose body out, he gets his head smashed in by a door.]]
%%* BeardOfEvil
* CoolCar: The Pussy Wagon, an outrageously pimped-out yellow Chevy pickup truck which [[spoiler:is appropriated by the Bride when she kills him]]. It's so garish that it literally makes the Bride do a double-take.
* DoorFu: The Bride kills him by smashing his head up against a doorjamb repeatedly.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: He likes to rape comatose patients, and has a side hustle of pimping their bodies out to his customers.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Buck can present himself as friendly and chummy with his customers... but doesn't overshadow the fact that he's an utterly repulsive rapist.
* {{Jerkass}}: He abused his position of trust to rape a comatose woman. Plus, he pimped her out for other sickos to do the same.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Buck is killed by one of the formerly comatose patients he pimped out.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name's Buck, and he likes to... well, you know.
* MuggingTheMonster: He's been pimping out the comatose body of a super-assassin, not prepared in the least for the possibility that she may wake up. [[spoiler:When she does, she rips the tongue out of an attempted rapist, then smashes Buck's head in, and finally steals his truck.]]
* OrderliesAreCreeps: Buck abuses his power as an orderly to pimp out coma patients to whoever will pay.
* PinkIsErotic: Buck is the perverted nurse who has been using the unconscious Bride as a sex slave and had been selling her to clients so they can rape her. Buck's van keys and the van itself are decorated with pink text reading "Pussy Wagon".
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:The Bride originally starts beating Buck's head in a doorway to interrogate him on Bill's location, but once she remembers him selling her comatose body for sex she just outright kills him; he and his most recent "client" are the first people the Bride kills in the movies chronologically.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He takes advantage of his power as an orderly to offer a comatose woman's body up for rape, and charges money for it. He even used the proceeds to buy himself an incredibly garish pickup truck emblazoned with the words "Pussy Wagon" on the back.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: He tries in vain to stop the recently awoken Bride from smashing his head in with a door. He fails.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Almost, as the Bride doesn't ''quite'' manage to cut off his foot. Still, eeeeeew.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He's When O-Ren Ishii kills him, it is fully deserved, and no one will miss him.
* DissonantSerenity: Matsumoto seems to smile and simply look happy while he's killing an innocent family.
* HateSink: Although he has little screentime -- in fact, he only appears in a short, animated but memorable flashback scene -- Matsumoto manages to establish himself in such a short time as
one of the first chronological kills by the Bride worst people in the film on-screen (after the guy who was about to rape her had her bite his tongue off, leading to a lot of blood and likely killing '''him'''. Once he admits to the Bride that he pimped her comatose body out, he gets his head smashed in by a door.]]
%%* BeardOfEvil
both films.
* CoolCar: The Pussy Wagon, an outrageously pimped-out yellow Chevy pickup truck which [[spoiler:is appropriated by the Bride when she kills him]]. It's so garish that it literally makes the Bride do a double-take.
* DoorFu: The Bride
HighPressureBlood: When O-Ren kills him by smashing and pulls her katana out of his head up against belly, a doorjamb repeatedly.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: He likes to rape comatose patients,
''fountain'' of blood erupts from the wound and has a side hustle of pimping their bodies out to his customers.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Buck can present himself as friendly
sprays over O-Ren and chummy with his customers... but doesn't overshadow the fact that he's an utterly repulsive rapist.
* {{Jerkass}}: He abused his position of trust to rape a comatose woman. Plus, he pimped her out for other sickos to do the same.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Buck is killed by one
most of the formerly comatose patients he pimped out.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name's Buck, and he likes to... well, you know.
* MuggingTheMonster: He's been pimping out the comatose body of a super-assassin, not prepared in the least for the possibility that she may wake up. [[spoiler:When she does, she rips the tongue out of an attempted rapist, then smashes Buck's head in, and finally steals his truck.]]
* OrderliesAreCreeps: Buck abuses his power as an orderly to pimp out coma patients to whoever will pay.
* PinkIsErotic: Buck is the perverted nurse who has been using the unconscious Bride as a sex slave and had been selling her to clients so they can rape her. Buck's van keys and the van itself are decorated with pink text reading "Pussy Wagon".
walls.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:The Bride originally starts beating Buck's head in a doorway He intended to interrogate him on Bill's location, have sex with O-Ren (who was pretending to be a prostitute) before she killed him; what makes this even worse is that she's ''eleven'' at the time of the flashbacks, which would have made it statutory rape.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: He's the one behind Ishii's StartOfDarkness as a feared assassin,
but once she remembers him selling her comatose body for sex she just outright he has very little screentime.
* TheSociopath: Matsumoto has no emotions but happiness when he
kills him; he and his most recent "client" are the first people the Bride kills in the movies chronologically.]]
innocent people.
* {{Slimeball}}: WouldHitAGirl: He takes advantage of his power as an orderly to offer a comatose woman's body up for rape, and charges money for it. He even used the proceeds to buy himself an incredibly garish pickup truck emblazoned personally murders O-Ren's mother by impaling her with the words "Pussy Wagon" on the back.a katana.
* WouldHurtAChild: He's a Yakuza boss and a sadistic pedophile.



[[folder:Earl [=McGraw=]]]
!!Earl [=McGraw=]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeMcGraw_7048.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelParks

A policeman who investigates the wedding chapel massacre.

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[[folder:Earl [=McGraw=]]]
!!Earl [=McGraw=]
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[[folder:Nikki Bell]]
!!Nikkia "Nikki" Bell
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tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeMcGraw_7048.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/MichaelParks

A policeman who investigates the wedding chapel massacre.
org/pmwiki/pub/images/nikki_bell.png]]
!!!'''Played By:''' Ambrosia Kelley

Vernita's 4-year-old daughter.



* CoolShades: He has a whole collection on the top of his dashboard.
* HypocriticalHumor: He tells off his son for taking the Lord's name in vain in a church, while swearing in a church. Then he waxes lyrical about how DropDeadGorgeous the Bride is, until she spits in his eye. "This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."
* SeenItAll: He's hardly fazed by the carnage in the chapel, suggesting his lawman career has made this kind of crime scene familiar to him.
* {{Transplant}}: He's a character from previous Quentin Tarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez films, namely ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/DeathProof'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror''.

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* CoolShades: He has ChildrenAreInnocent: She's a whole collection on the top of his dashboard.
* HypocriticalHumor: He tells off his son for taking the Lord's name in vain
typical young girl who lives in a church, while swearing white-picket-fence suburb and loves her parents.
* DissonantSerenity: She takes her mother's murder right
in front of her eyes with surprising aplomb. Or maybe she was just ''too'' shocked to manage to do, well, ''anything''.
* DullSurprise: She seems pretty calm and collected for
a church. Then 4-year-old girl seeing her mom die.
* SequelHook: Tarantino has said that if
he waxes lyrical about how DropDeadGorgeous ever makes a sequel to ''Kill Bill'', it will involve Nikki seeking revenge on the Bride is, until she spits in his eye. "This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."
* SeenItAll:
for killing her mother. He's hardly fazed by even hinted at the carnage in possibility of a fourth movie; assuming Nikki is successful, the chapel, suggesting his lawman career has made this kind of crime scene familiar to him.
* {{Transplant}}: He's a character from previous Quentin
fourth will continue the CycleOfRevenge by having B.B. hunting down Nikki. However, Tarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez films, namely ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/DeathProof'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror''.has admitted that if it does happen, it "won't be for quite a while".



[[folder:Karen Kim]]
!!Karen Kim
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Not that I have to be at this range, but I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Helen Kim

An assassin sent to kill Beatrix. Her attack comes moments after Beatrix learns that she is pregnant.

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[[folder:Karen Kim]]
!!Karen Kim
[[folder:Buck]]
!!Buck
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Not that I have to be at this range, but [[caption-width-right:350:''"My name is Buck, and I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun.here to fuck."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Helen Kim

!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelBowen[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Creator/BorisRehlinger (European French)[[/labelnote]]

An assassin sent orderly at the hospital where the Bride lay comatose for four years. He has been selling sexual access to kill Beatrix. Her attack comes moments after Beatrix learns that she is pregnant.her body, as well as partaking himself.



* AlliterativeName: '''K'''aren '''K'''im.
* CombatPragmatist: Befitting an assassin. She lures the Bride near the door by [[DeadlyDelivery pretending to be an employee of the hotel]], then blasts the door with a shotgun. [[ForWantOfANail If the Bride hadn't]] dropped the tester and bent down to retrieve it, the movies wouldn't have happened at all.
* DarkActionGirl: For her unseen employer, Lisa Wong.
* GunpointBanter: When the Bride asks her if she's good with her shotgun, they trade a few barbs.
-->'''Karen:''' Not that I have to be at this range, but [[BadassBoast I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun]]. \\
'''Bride:''' Well, guess what bitch? I'm better than Annie Oakley and I got you right in my sight. \\
'''Karen:''' I could blow your fucking head off. \\
'''Bride:''' Not before I put one right between your eyes, so let's talk.
* HitmanWithAHeart: She lets the pregnant Bride leave after she promises to abandon her assignment, even congratulating her on her pregnancy before fleeing.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: In a complete inversion of what happens to Vernita, she blocks the knife thrown at her by the Bride with the butt of her shotgun before trying to shoot again. It remains stuck in place for the remainder of the scene.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Her preferred weapon.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate is unknown after she leaves the Bride, though considering Bill was said to have hunted down and killed everyone suspected in the Bride's "death", it's possible she met her end at his hands.

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* AlliterativeName: '''K'''aren '''K'''im.
AintTooProudToBeg: He tries in vain to stop the recently awoken Bride from smashing his head in with a door. He fails.
* CombatPragmatist: Befitting an assassin. She lures AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Almost, as the Bride near the door by [[DeadlyDelivery pretending doesn't ''quite'' manage to be an employee cut off his foot. Still, eeeeeew.]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He's one
of the hotel]], then blasts the door with a shotgun. [[ForWantOfANail If the Bride hadn't]] dropped the tester and bent down to retrieve it, the movies wouldn't have happened at all.
* DarkActionGirl: For her unseen employer, Lisa Wong.
* GunpointBanter: When the Bride asks her if she's good with her shotgun, they trade a few barbs.
-->'''Karen:''' Not that I have to be at this range, but [[BadassBoast I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun]]. \\
'''Bride:''' Well, guess what bitch? I'm better than Annie Oakley and I got you right in my sight. \\
'''Karen:''' I could blow your fucking head off. \\
'''Bride:''' Not before I put one right between your eyes, so let's talk.
* HitmanWithAHeart: She lets the pregnant Bride leave after she promises to abandon her assignment, even congratulating her on her pregnancy before fleeing.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: In a complete inversion of what happens to Vernita, she blocks the knife thrown at her
first chronological kills by the Bride in the film on-screen (after the guy who was about to rape her had her bite his tongue off, leading to a lot of blood and likely killing '''him'''. Once he admits to the Bride that he pimped her comatose body out, he gets his head smashed in by a door.]]
%%* BeardOfEvil
* CoolCar: The Pussy Wagon, an outrageously pimped-out yellow Chevy pickup truck which [[spoiler:is appropriated by the Bride when she kills him]]. It's so garish that it literally makes the Bride do a double-take.
* DoorFu: The Bride kills him by smashing his head up against a doorjamb repeatedly.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: He likes to rape comatose patients, and has a side hustle of pimping their bodies out to his customers.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Buck can present himself as friendly and chummy with his customers... but doesn't overshadow the fact that he's an utterly repulsive rapist.
* {{Jerkass}}: He abused his position of trust to rape a comatose woman. Plus, he pimped her out for other sickos to do the same.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Buck is killed by one of the formerly comatose patients he pimped out.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name's Buck, and he likes to... well, you know.
* MuggingTheMonster: He's been pimping out the comatose body of a super-assassin, not prepared in the least for the possibility that she may wake up. [[spoiler:When she does, she rips the tongue out of an attempted rapist, then smashes Buck's head in, and finally steals his truck.]]
* OrderliesAreCreeps: Buck abuses his power as an orderly to pimp out coma patients to whoever will pay.
* PinkIsErotic: Buck is the perverted nurse who has been using the unconscious Bride as a sex slave and had been selling her to clients so they can rape her. Buck's van keys and the van itself are decorated with pink text reading "Pussy Wagon".
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:The Bride originally starts beating Buck's head in a doorway to interrogate him on Bill's location, but once she remembers him selling her comatose body for sex she just outright kills him; he and his most recent "client" are the first people the Bride kills in the movies chronologically.]]
* {{Slimeball}}: He takes advantage of his power as an orderly to offer a comatose woman's body up for rape, and charges money for it. He even used the proceeds to buy himself an incredibly garish pickup truck emblazoned
with the butt of her shotgun before trying to shoot again. It remains stuck in place for words "Pussy Wagon" on the remainder of the scene.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Her preferred weapon.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate is unknown after she leaves the Bride, though considering Bill was said to have hunted down and killed everyone suspected in the Bride's "death", it's possible she met her end at his hands.
back.



[[folder:Rufus]]
!!Rufus
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bell_%26_the_Drells a Drell]]. [[Music/LeiberAndStoller I was a Drifter. I was a Coaster]]. I was [[Music/KoolAndTheGang part of the Gang]]. I was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Kays a Bar-Kay]]... If they come through Texas, I done played with them."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson

The organist who was to perform at Beatrix and Tommy's wedding.

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[[folder:Rufus]]
!!Rufus
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[[folder:Earl [=McGraw=]]]
!!Earl [=McGraw=]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rufus_4.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Bell_%26_the_Drells a Drell]]. [[Music/LeiberAndStoller I was a Drifter. I was a Coaster]]. I was [[Music/KoolAndTheGang part
org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeMcGraw_7048.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300:''"This tall drink
of the Gang]]. I was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-Kays a Bar-Kay]]... If they come through Texas, I done played with them.cocksucker ain't dead."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson

The organist
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelParks

A policeman
who was to perform at Beatrix and Tommy's wedding.investigates the wedding chapel massacre.



* TheCameo: For Tarantino regular Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* TheFaceless: All we ever see is the back of his head.
* PhraseCatcher: "Rufus...he's the man."
* SacrificialLamb: He was one of the people blown away in the wedding party massacre that kicked off the plot.
* SacrificialLion: If you believe the theory that he's [[Film/PulpFiction Jules]].

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* TheCameo: For Tarantino regular Creator/SamuelLJackson.
* TheFaceless: All we ever see is
CoolShades: He has a whole collection on the back top of his head.
dashboard.
* PhraseCatcher: "Rufus...he's HypocriticalHumor: He tells off his son for taking the man.Lord's name in vain in a church, while swearing in a church. Then he waxes lyrical about how DropDeadGorgeous the Bride is, until she spits in his eye. "This tall drink of cocksucker ain't dead."
* SacrificialLamb: He was one of SeenItAll: He's hardly fazed by the people blown away carnage in the wedding party massacre that kicked off the plot.
chapel, suggesting his lawman career has made this kind of crime scene familiar to him.
* SacrificialLion: If you believe the theory that he's [[Film/PulpFiction Jules]].{{Transplant}}: He's a character from previous Quentin Tarantino and Creator/RobertRodriguez films, namely ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/DeathProof'' and ''Film/PlanetTerror''.



[[folder:Tommy Plympton]]
!!Tommy Plympton
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plympton_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well, I guess I just believe in living dangerously."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Christopher Allen Nelson

Beatrix's fiancé who was killed in the wedding chapel massacre.

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[[folder:Tommy Plympton]]
!!Tommy Plympton
[[folder:Karen Kim]]
!!Karen Kim
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plympton_6.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Well,
org/pmwiki/pub/images/kim_karen_8419.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Not that
I guess I just believe in living dangerously.have to be at this range, but I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Christopher Allen Nelson\n\nBeatrix's fiancé who was killed in the wedding chapel massacre.!!!'''Played By:''' Helen Kim

An assassin sent to kill Beatrix. Her attack comes moments after Beatrix learns that she is pregnant.



* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Bill points out that it's [[ImpliedDeathThreat bad luck]] to see one's bride-to-be in her wedding dress before the wedding, he says they might as well get their money's worth out of it by using the dress for the rehearsal as well. You can just see Bill deciding he's TooDumbToLive at that point...
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's made obvious to the audience (but not Tommy) that Bill is the father of the Bride's baby, not Tommy.
* NiceGuy: The unlucky bastard seems like a friendly, if dim, fellow.
* UnwittingPawn: The Bride marries him just to have a legitimate father for her child, even though she knows full well the marriage won't last. He ends up being killed by his fiancé's ex without even knowing why.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's killed before we get to know much about him.

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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: AlliterativeName: '''K'''aren '''K'''im.
* CombatPragmatist: Befitting an assassin. She lures the Bride near the door by [[DeadlyDelivery pretending to be an employee of the hotel]], then blasts the door with a shotgun. [[ForWantOfANail If the Bride hadn't]] dropped the tester and bent down to retrieve it, the movies wouldn't have happened at all.
* DarkActionGirl: For her unseen employer, Lisa Wong.
* GunpointBanter:
When Bill points out the Bride asks her if she's good with her shotgun, they trade a few barbs.
-->'''Karen:''' Not
that it's [[ImpliedDeathThreat bad luck]] I have to see one's bride-to-be be at this range, but [[BadassBoast I'm a fucking surgeon with this shotgun]]. \\
'''Bride:''' Well, guess what bitch? I'm better than Annie Oakley and I got you right
in her wedding dress my sight. \\
'''Karen:''' I could blow your fucking head off. \\
'''Bride:''' Not
before I put one right between your eyes, so let's talk.
* HitmanWithAHeart: She lets
the wedding, he says they might as well get their money's worth out pregnant Bride leave after she promises to abandon her assignment, even congratulating her on her pregnancy before fleeing.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: In a complete inversion
of it by using what happens to Vernita, she blocks the dress knife thrown at her by the Bride with the butt of her shotgun before trying to shoot again. It remains stuck in place for the rehearsal as well. You can just see remainder of the scene.
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Her preferred weapon.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate is unknown after she leaves the Bride, though considering
Bill deciding he's TooDumbToLive at that point...
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's made obvious
was said to the audience (but not Tommy) that Bill is the father of have hunted down and killed everyone suspected in the Bride's baby, not Tommy.
* NiceGuy: The unlucky bastard seems like a friendly, if dim, fellow.
* UnwittingPawn: The Bride marries him just to have a legitimate father for
"death", it's possible she met her child, even though she knows full well the marriage won't last. He ends up being killed by end at his fiancé's ex without even knowing why.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He's killed before we get to know much about him.
hands.



->'''Played by:''' Larry Bishop

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->'''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Larry BishopBishop



-> '''Played by:''' Creator/SidHaig

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-> '''Played by:''' !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SidHaig
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* AnAxeToGrind: One of them wields small hand axes that he throws at the Bride, one of them misses her completly and goes into a comrade, the other is grabbed mid-air by the Bride who throws it into his forhead.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As TheDragon to O-Ren, he turns out to be a pretty good fighter, and gives the Bride more trouble than the normal members of the Crazy 88.

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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: As TheDragon to O-Ren, he turns out to be a pretty good fighter, and gives the Bride more trouble than all the normal other members of the Crazy 88.88 combined.



* AnAxeToGrind: One of them wields small hand axes that he throws at the Bride, one of them misses her completly and goes into a comrade, the other is grabbed mid-air by the Bride who throws it into his forhead.



* MadeOfPlasticine: They get hacked apart with little effort by the Bride's sword.

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* MadeOfPlasticine: They get hacked apart with little effort by the Bride's sword, then again it's a Hattori Hanzo sword.
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I fail to see where the immediate self-contradiction is. While she does say that Beatrix deserves a more honorable death, she never says that fighting her in limited space wouldn't be more honorable; also she gets forced into the fight with Beatrix, she can't choose time and place.


* ImmediateSelfContradiction: She kills [[spoiler: Budd]] in cold blood and states that [[spoiler: the Bride, who's buried alive as far as she knows]], deserved a far more honorable death. She then proceeds to fight the Bride in as dirty a manner as the limited space in Budd's trailer can allow.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's implied to be quite smitten with Bill and to have struck up a relationship with him after the Bride breaks his heart. This still doesn't stop her from [[spoiler: murdering his brother Budd behind his back]]. [[spoiler:He also kept the Hanzo sword that Bill commissioned for him.]]

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's implied to be quite smitten with Bill and to have struck up a relationship with him after the Bride breaks his heart. This still doesn't stop her from [[spoiler: murdering his brother Budd behind his back]]. [[spoiler:He also kept the Hanzo sword that Bill commissioned for him.]]



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although Bill admits they've not been on good terms for years, the brothers really do seem to love each other. The only time Budd expresses any anger towards the Bride, it is, in his own words, "for breaking his brother's heart."

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although Bill admits they've not been on good terms for years, the brothers really do seem to love each other. The only time Budd expresses any anger towards the Bride, it is, in his own words, "for breaking his brother's heart." [[spoiler:He also kept the Hanzo sword that Bill commissioned for him.]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's implied to be quite smitten with Bill and to have struck up a relationship with him after the Bride breaks his heart. This still doesn't stop her from [[spoiler: murdering his brother Budd behind his back]].

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She's implied to be quite smitten with Bill and to have struck up a relationship with him after the Bride breaks his heart. This still doesn't stop her from [[spoiler: murdering his brother Budd behind his back]]. [[spoiler:He also kept the Hanzo sword that Bill commissioned for him.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's actually a pretty chill boss to have: he lets Bud and Vernita retire from the business with no issues and is nothing but kind and tolerant to Sofie, even when she was forced to betray him under threat of further mutilation. It's betrayal and breaking his heart that he's less forgiving of.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's actually a pretty chill boss to have: he lets Bud Budd and Vernita retire from the business with no issues and is nothing but kind and tolerant to Sofie, even when she was forced to betray him under threat of further mutilation. It's betrayal and breaking his heart that he's less forgiving of.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: His first meeting with the Bride ends up being this - he spends the entire encounter insulting her before almost effortlessly restraining her and making her admit her weakness - thus showing that she was willing to humble herself and learn how to fight like him.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's actually a pretty chill boss to have: he lets Bud and Vernita retire from the business with no issues and is nothing but kind and tolerant to Sofie, even when she was forced to betray him under threat of further mutilation. It's betrayal and breaking his heart that he's less forgiving of.
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* {{Omniglot}}: She can speak English, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese, though Pai Mei complains that her Mandarin is lousy, and she admits herself that it isn't great.

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* {{Omniglot}}: She can speak English, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese, though Pai Mei complains that her Mandarin is lousy, and she admits herself that it isn't great. It's also implied that she at least understands French.



* TokenGoodTeammate: An interesting example, as she's the only member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who's not a completely evil psycho (except [[NobleDemon Budd]] and [[MamaBear Vernita]], perhaps).

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* TokenGoodTeammate: An interesting example, as she's a ruthless killer, but is explicitly against the only member killing of civilians that aren't part of a job or in her way. While the other assassins do have some moral scruples (minus [[AxCrazy Elle]]), they also aren't against killing innocents, as the other victims of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who's not a completely evil psycho (except [[NobleDemon Budd]] and [[MamaBear Vernita]], perhaps).wedding massacre prove.

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