History Characters / KingsmanStatesmen

* EdibleThemeNaming: Much like Kingsman, only they use alcoholic beverages instead of Arthurian knights. The head of each organization gets the most "prestigious" codename - Arthur and Champagne - while their MissionControl figures are named after things which somehow enhanced/bettered the figures/objects after whom/which they're named; Merlin being a magic-capable advisor to King Arthur, while Ginger Ale is a non-alcoholic mixer that combines with them (such as into cocktails) in order to make the alcoholic components better.

* WhipItGood: His main weapon is an extendable lasso which also can be {{energ|y weapon}}ized and cut everything in its path including people, but he also has a whip on the side.

* RuleOfCool: A [[SharpDressedMan sharp-dressed]] SouthernGentleman with a NiceHat who dual-wields double-barreled revolvers, supplemented by a lasso and a powered bullwhip that can cut through anything like a friggin' [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]], all of it wielded with impossible skill and efficiency. [[spoiler: And he has a personal F-22 fighter jet!]] Honestly, Whiskey runs on little else ''but'' RuleOfCool.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He greets the Kingsmen with his back turned, then turns around, takes off his CoolHat, throws it across the room right onto a nebuchadnezzar[[note]]a bottle containing 15 liters[[/note]] of champagne, apologizes sincerely for all misunderstandings that had happened up to this point, and offers them any support he can give, all the while he's sampling whiskey.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:After being beaten up ruthlessly by Eggsy and Harry, Whiskey gets shoved ''headfirst'' into Poppy's meat grinder.]]

* RecoveredAddict: According to WordOfGod, Champagne suffered from crippling alcoholism in the past and has since overcome it and [[AddictionDisplacement has since learned to curb his vices by subverting them]]. Whenever he drinks alcohol, he spits it into a spittoon instead of swallowing it. While he's seen with cigars, he is never actually seen smoking them.

* TwoferTokenMinority: The Statesmen are mostly white and male. She is a black woman.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Harry shoots him in the head, suspecting him of being a DoubleAgent. He survives thanks to Eggsy applying the Statesman nanomachines.]] [[It comes back to bite Eggsy in the ass ''hard''.]]

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Harry shoots him in the head, suspecting him of being a DoubleAgent. He survives thanks to Eggsy applying the Statesman nanomachines.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Gets shoved into Poppy's meat grinder.]]
* CrusadingWidower: [[spoiler: An outright villainous, if still-sympathetic, one]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:His wife, who was pregnant with their son, was a casualty when two drug users robbed a convenience store.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler: He's willing to let tons of people die to stomp out drug users, but he admitted it after calling the President an asshole]].
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: ''The Golden Circle'' makes a lot of comparisons between Whiskey and Harry. Both are top agents in their respective agencies, both mentor Eggsy (with varying results), both have motivations that are driven by tragedy, and both even have a bar fight scene to establish their badass credentials. Too bad that while Harry is heroic enough to not actually wish death upon a church full of bigots, Whiskey is willing to let innocent people die along with the actual criminals.]]

** To Eggsy. [[spoiler:Both Eggsy and him have to live through a very traumatic experience, Eggsy losing all his colleagues at Kingsman (not to mention his dog), and Whiskey losing his pregnant wife. Though while Eggsy did lashes out multiple times about his misfortunes, he doesn't let his emotions compromise the mission. Whiskey, on the other hand, does a very great job of hiding his true feelings, but deep down he harbors a deep hatred and desire for vengeance against drug-users for killing his wife, and he lets his emotions cloud his judgments, making him willing to condemn every drug user to death.]]

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His pregnant wife was killed in a shootout between meth-heads, causing him to develop a burning hatred of drug users.]]

* HeartbrokenBadass: He's a major badass [[spoiler:whose family's murder is the reason for his treachery.]]
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: In his crusade against druggies, he's willing to let tons of innocents die]].
* HighSchoolSweethearts: [[spoiler:According to him, he and his wife were this.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:He demonizes all drug users because his pregnant wife died in the crossfire of two meth-heads' altercation; but liquor's also dangerous, addictive, and responsible for countless deaths paralleling his wife's. His plan is to let millions of innocent drug-using victims that include ''literal children'' perish, with side-effect of skyrocketing Statesman liquor sales.]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: He shares the President's view that people who take drugs should die]].
* IrrationalHatred: Always Ginger's fault!
* LadykillerInLove: He's ''ecstatic'' about the idea of seducing an informant with the implications from Ginger Ale that he has done so before. But, his only true love was his [[spoiler:beloved wife, who was murdered.]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Avenging his dead wife is his biggest motivator for betraying the Statesmen. He also hasn't moved forward from her death.]]
* MementoMacGuffin: [[spoiler: A Polaroid image of his deceased wife during their happy times is what Ginger uses to bring back his memories whenever she needs to]].
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Harry suspects him of being this and shoots him in the head as a result, but Eggsy saves him using the Statesman nanomachine film.]] In the end, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Harry was RightForTheWrongReasons - Whiskey was a threat alright, but a RogueAgent rather than a Mole.]]
* OneManArmy: He's easily the most dangerous fighter in ''The Golden Circle''. In the climax, [[spoiler:he's very nearly the match of Eggsy AND Harry]].
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: [[spoiler:His FreudianExcuse mentioned above is one reason why he wants all drug users to die. The other is the fact that, according to him, his Statesman shares will skyrocket when it happens.]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:His wife was pregnant with their son when she was murdered.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: Of sorts, to Eggsy. He refers to the latter as "kid" and tries to act as his mentor until Harry comes back into the picture, and [[spoiler:Whiskey reveals shortly before his death that his biological son would've been Eggsy's age by now.]]

* RogueAgent: [[spoiler: While he might not be a part of Poppy's syndicate, his intense hatred for drug users means he's willing to let her kill all drug users on Earth (something the [[PresidentEvil POTUS]] also agrees) and thus trying to sabotage the Kingsman/Statesman's joint effort to distribute the cure.]]

* StraightEdgeEvil: [[spoiler:He tries to stop the Kingsman from delivering the antidote to Poppy's drugs, believing that drug-users all deserve to die.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: As you can probably notice, half the tropes here are about how cool and badass he is, the other half is about [[spoiler: his hidden agenda and motivation.]]

* BadassMustache: He's got a very nice mustache and he kicks lots of ass.

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!!Ginger Ale

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He's a protagonist who's Ginger Ale's main obstacle to being a field agent. That said, in hindsight, [[spoiler: might've been a hint that he was EvilAllAlong]].

* PunnyName: His real name is Jack Daniels. Looks like he didn't even need a codename in the first place.
** Or it's the chief reason Champ gave him/he took on the codename ''Whiskey''. It was just too good of an opportunity to pass up.

* ThemeNaming: Much like Kingsman, only they use alcoholic beverages instead of Arthurian knights. The head of each organization gets the most "prestigious" codename - Arthur and Champagne - while their MissionControl figures are named after things which somehow enhanced/bettered the figures/objects after whom/which they're named; Merlin being a magic-capable advisor to King Arthur, while Ginger Ale is a non-alcoholic mixer that combines with them (such as into cocktails) in order to make the alcoholic components better.

* NonActionGirl: Though a trained Statesmen agent, she's primarily stuck in tech support. It's mentioned that she's applied to become a field agent before, but Whiskey votes against her. [[spoiler:[[{{Irony}} At the end of the film she claims Whiskey's vacant spot]].]]

* ActionGirl: Wishes to be this but Whiskey votes against her becoming a field agent and is left in tech support. [[spoiler:[[{{Irony}} At the end of the film she claims Whiskey's vacant spot]].]]

* BigGood: He's the head of the Statesman and the American equivalent of Arthur. [[spoiler:Unlike Chester King, he never betrays the good guys and is firmly on their side]].

* WhipItGood: His main weapon is an extendable lasso which also can be energized and cut people in half, but he also has a whip on the side.

* BigGood: He's the head of the Statesman and the American equivalent of Arthur. [[spoiler:Unlike Arthur, he never betrays the good guys and is firmly on their side]].