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* VillainousParentalInstinct: [[spoiler:Her brother is heavily implied to be a ChildByRape and she spares him when she could've killed him, as she killed her parents.]]

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* AssholeVictim: Ed was an irredeemable bastard and it's not hard to side with Mickey when he kills him.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ed was an irredeemable bastard and it's not hard to side with Mickey when he kills him.
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* VillainousWidowsPeak: He's a mass murderer with a noticeably receding hairline.


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* BeardOfEvil: He's got a grubby little goatee to show what a bastard he is.


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* FreudianExcuse: His mother was a victim of Charles Whitman's shooting spree and Jack was with her on the day, still remembering seeing her die. It left him a little messed up, to say the least.
* HandCannon: He carries a massive Desert Eagle as his sidearm.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Zigzagged. He cheats on his wife with another woman named Ming, whom he attempts to leave his wife for only to be dumped himself. However, when his long suffering assistant Julie, who tends to get comparatively little of the ire he reserves for the rest of his crew, is shot dead by guards as they flee through the prison, is the moment when an outraged Wayne goes from merely spectating to actively participating in the Knox's violence.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: When the Knoxes are cornered in the shower, Dwight's own guards tell him to stop fucking around with them. As far as he's concerned, they're the reason the riot happened and he will make sure they die.
-->'''Sparky:''' Dwight, for Christ's sake, the fucking joint's exploding and you're diddling around with these pukes. We have more important things to do.\\
'''[=McClusky=]:''' These two, these are the ones that die today. You hear me, Sparky? I'll wipe that fucking scum off the face of the fucking Earth if it's the last fucking thing I do!
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* BareYourMidriff: A couple of her costumes, including the iconic one from the poster, do this.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ed was an iredeemable batard and it's not hard to side with Mickey when he kills him.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ed was an iredeemable batard irredeemable bastard and it's not hard to side with Mickey when he kills him.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: She and Mickey get away scot free in the theatricl ending, living a normal life with kids.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: She and Mickey get away scot free in the theatricl theatrical ending, living a normal life with kids.]]
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* DyingSmirk: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, before Owen Traft kills him, he has...''some'' sort of expression on his face that approximates this. It looks like more like a crazed rictus.]]

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* DyingSmirk: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, before Owen Traft kills him, he has...''some'' sort of expression on his face that approximates this. It looks like more like a crazed rictus.]]

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* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To the Knoxes, which comes through more clearly in the alternate ending. Whereas the Knoxes are a bombastic, extroverted SerialKillerCouple who think of themselves as übermenschen, Owen is a mysterious, quiet, and solitary man who's a fan of their work. He's also the only one capable of bringing them to any kind of [[KarmicDeath justice]].]]

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* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To the Knoxes, which comes through more clearly in the alternate ending. Whereas the Knoxes are a bombastic, extroverted SerialKillerCouple who think of themselves as übermenschen, übermenschen and become celebrities, Owen is a mysterious, quiet, and solitary man who's a fan of their work. He's also the only one capable of bringing them to any kind of [[KarmicDeath justice]].]]
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, he has a bit of this going on with Mallory. When she throws it back in his face, he quickly proves himself to be worse by killing her.]]
* LoonyFan: [[spoiler: An especially disturbing case in the alternate ending, since the people he idolizes are psychopathic spree killers. Mickey and Mallory also treat him the same way most hotshot celebrities do overeager admirers, which turns out to be a fatal mistake on their part.
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* DyingSmirk: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, before Owen Traft kills him, he has...''some'' sort of expression on his face that approximates this. It looks like more like a crazed rictus.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He and Mallory get away scot free in the end, living a normal life and having kids.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, Owen blows his head off with a shotgun, fulfilling Mickey's nightmares of a "headless man" ( his father, who committed suicide the same way).]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: He and Mallory get away scot free in the end, theatrical ending, living a normal life and having kids.]]



* AintTooProudToBeg: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, after Owen Traft kills Mickey, her first priority is her own safety; she has just enough time to exclaim "Wait!" before Owen finishes her off.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: She and Mickey get away scot free in the end, living a normal life with kids.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, Owen Traft kills her for spurning his advances, mirroring the way she's killed men for accepting them in the first place.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: She and Mickey get away scot free in the end, theatricl ending, living a normal life with kids.]]



* AffablyEvil: Very polite and friendly to the Knoxes, but there's clearly something off about him. We never quite learn what it is.
* TheSpook: He shows up during the climax to assist Mickey and Mallory, but we learn absolutely nothing of his motivations or why he seems to regard Mickey as a good friend.

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* AffablyEvil: Very polite and friendly to the Knoxes, but there's clearly something off about him. We never quite learn what it is.
is. [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, he's their killer.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: [[spoiler: PlayedForHorror in the alternate ending. He's a soft-spoken, rather naive man who thinks of the Knoxes as his friends and has a crush on Mallory. He's also a deranged murderer who punishes them for rejecting him by dishing out some {{Karmic Death}}s.]]
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: In the alternate ending. While he looks rather innocent, he's clearly done some nasty stuff, and he establishes just how bad he is by doing what no else in the movie could; killing Mickey and Mallory.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To the Knoxes, which comes through more clearly in the alternate ending. Whereas the Knoxes are a bombastic, extroverted SerialKillerCouple who think of themselves as übermenschen, Owen is a mysterious, quiet, and solitary man who's a fan of their work. He's also the only one capable of bringing them to any kind of [[KarmicDeath justice]].]]
* NotGoodWithRejection: [[spoiler: He's as nice as a homicidal maniac like him can be, but in the alternate ending, he expects to tag along with Mickey and Mallory after helping them escape, and he also shows some attraction to Mallory. When they mock him, he kills them both.]]
* TheSpook: He shows up during the climax to assist Mickey and Mallory, but we learn absolutely nothing of his motivations or why he seems to regard Mickey as a good friend. [[spoiler: In the alternate ending, Owen claims that he comes "from the fire," not that that clarifies much. After Mickey and Mallory spurn him for his clingy behavior, [[NotGoodWithRejection he kills them]].]]
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* MagicalNativeAmerican: He's able to sense the "sad sickness" in Mickey and Mallory, understanding that they are "trapped in a world of ghosts", and is apparently responsible for their strange dreams. After Mickey kills him, he mentions having foreseen his death 20 years prior.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based on real life tabloid journalist Steve Dunleavy, down to the Australian accent.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Ed was an iredeemable batard and it's not hard to side with Mickey when he kills him.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Mallory.



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With Mickey.
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* SirSwearsALot: Compared to his wife, he is a foul-mouthed old man.
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* {{Jerkass}}: A loathsome, abusive, reprehensible excuse for a human being.
* ParentalIncest: He gropes and sexually abuses his daughter. Then we learn that the only reason Mallory's younger brother was born is because a drunk Ed had sex with his wife, ''thinking it was Mallory.''

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* {{Jerkass}}: HateSink: A loathsome, abusive, reprehensible excuse for a human being.
* ParentalIncest: He gropes and sexually abuses his daughter. Then we learn that the only reason Mallory's younger brother was born is because that a drunk Ed had sex with his wife, ''thinking it was Mallory.''
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->'''Played By:''' Arliss Howard

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->'''Played By:''' Arliss Howard
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Mickey is shown to be almost supernaturally strong and resilient despite being a rather normal-looking man.


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* MadeofIron: Mickey has nigh-invulnerability to all manner of attacks. [[spoiler: Highlighted in a deleted scene wherein a witness at he and Mallory’s trial acquiesces that she saw Mickey take multiple kicks to the head from a trained martial artist, before shrugging it off and effortlessly beating the guy.]]
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* YandereCouple: Psychotically devoted to one another.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's really pissed at Mickey for [[spoiler: accidentally killing the Indian.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: She's really pissed at Mickey for [[spoiler: accidentally killing the Indian.Native American.]]



* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Villain?]]: She ''really'' lays into Mickey for [[spoiler: killing the Indian by mistake.]]

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* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Villain?]]: She ''really'' lays into Mickey for [[spoiler: killing the Indian Native American by mistake.]]
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he accidentally [[spoiler: shoots the Indian. It's the only murder he commits that he regrets.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he accidentally [[spoiler: shoots the Indian.Native American. It's the only murder he commits that he regrets.]]

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