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* SinisterNudity: Always naked, in keeping with their primal, animalistic natures, serving as a disturbing contrast between the fully clothed spelunkers they're trying to kill.
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* SoleSurvivor: Out of Sarah, her husband Paul, and their young daughter Jessica, only Sarah survived the car accident at the beginning.
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* SenseImpairedMonster: They have adapted so well to living underground that they're pretty much blind. As such, their sense of hearing is amplified to compensate; for good measure, they're prone to letting out [[HellIsThatNoise earsplitting shrieks]] whenever their prey can't be found -- possibly to frighten them into making sound. As such, the cavers have to remain still and quiet in their initial encounters with the Crawlers.
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* ChekhovsGun: Her wristwatch, which she specifically notes has tiny buttons that make it impossible to properly operates. After running into the Crawlers, her inability to properly operate the watch causes its alarm to go off while she and Rebecca are trying to hide, nearly getting them both killed.
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* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Comes across as a goofy and overly innocent character, especially in comparison to Rebecca's rule-focused cautiousness. Early on, she can be seen wearing silly glow-in-the-dark glasses to get a laugh out of Holly, keeps an extremely gaudy wristwatch as a memento of a girlfriend, and Beth snarkily remarks that they must be teaching her to "take the piss" at medical school. For good measure, she tends to take shelter in her big sister's arms when frightened.
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* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Comes across as a goofy and overly innocent character, especially in comparison to Rebecca's rule-focused cautiousness. Early on, she can be seen wearing silly glow-in-the-dark glasses to get a laugh out of Holly, keeps an extremely gaudy wristwatch as that looks like something a memento of a girlfriend, child would wear, and Beth snarkily remarks that they must be teaching her to "take the piss" at medical school. For good measure, she tends to take shelter in her big sister's arms when frightened.
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Given one by Sarah.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Beth is the most sensible, level-headed and rational of the group.
* TeamMom: She's the one who reassures the group and makes sure they're doing everything safely.
* OnlySaneMan: Beth is the most sensible, level-headed and rational of the group.
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Given one by Sarah.Sarah after being left to die by Juno.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Beth is the most sensible, level-headed and rational of the group. \n* TeamMom: She's the one who reassures the group and makes sure they're doing everything safely.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and is a very Kindly character.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and is a very Kindly sweet-natured character.
* TheMedic: Of the group; she's training to become a doctor. [[spoiler: She puts to her skills to use in patching up Holly's busted leg.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** It's a sure sign that things have gotten serious when she stops hiding behind Juno and Rebecca and goes on the offensive of her own accord.
** She tends to chafe under Rebecca's mothering behavior, scolding her for helping with safety equipment and ignoring her list of precautions by reciting "blah, blah, blah..." But after realizing that they're trapped in the cave, Sam immediately goes to Rebecca for a hug, indicating just how frightened she is.
* TheMedic: Of the group; she's training to become a doctor. [[spoiler: She puts to her skills to use in patching up Holly's busted leg.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** It's a sure sign that things have gotten serious when she stops hiding behind Juno and Rebecca and goes on the offensive of her own accord.
** She tends to chafe under Rebecca's mothering behavior, scolding her for helping with safety equipment and ignoring her list of precautions by reciting "blah, blah, blah..." But after realizing that they're trapped in the cave, Sam immediately goes to Rebecca for a hug, indicating just how frightened she is.
* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler: Has her throat ripped open by one of the Crawlers.]]
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* TookALevelInBadass: A meek, sweet, and childish student doctor who fiercely manages to fight off and kill several of the Crawlers.
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* TookALevelInBadass: A meek, sweet, and childish student doctor who fiercely manages to fight off and kill several of the Crawlers. Crawlers.
* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Comes across as a goofy and overly innocent character, especially in comparison to Rebecca's rule-focused cautiousness. Early on, she can be seen wearing silly glow-in-the-dark glasses to get a laugh out of Holly, keeps an extremely gaudy wristwatch as a memento of a girlfriend, and Beth snarkily remarks that they must be teaching her to "take the piss" at medical school. For good measure, she tends to take shelter in her big sister's arms when frightened.
* [[{{Manchild}} Womanchild]]: Comes across as a goofy and overly innocent character, especially in comparison to Rebecca's rule-focused cautiousness. Early on, she can be seen wearing silly glow-in-the-dark glasses to get a laugh out of Holly, keeps an extremely gaudy wristwatch as a memento of a girlfriend, and Beth snarkily remarks that they must be teaching her to "take the piss" at medical school. For good measure, she tends to take shelter in her big sister's arms when frightened.
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* BigSisterInstinct: To Sam, whom she loves dearly. [[spoiler:Rebecca puts herself in danger and even considers abandoning the others to ensure Sam survives.]]
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* BigSisterInstinct: To Sam, whom she loves dearly.dearly, though Sam finds her aggressive mothering a little exasperating. [[spoiler:Rebecca puts herself in danger and even considers abandoning the others to ensure Sam survives.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: In a deleted scene, the sight of Sam being killed by the Crawlers completely destroys what little remains of her spirit, reducing her to a sobbing wreck that Juno can't convince to move on in the journey. And then the Crawlers kill her too.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: In a deleted scene, the sight of Sam being killed by the Crawlers completely destroys what little remains of her spirit, reducing her to a sobbing wreck that Juno can't convince to move on in the journey. And then the Crawlers kill her too.]]
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* FreakOut: [[spoiler:She's most prone to doing this; after finding the Crawlers’ feeding ground, she starts screaming out for help even though logically there's no way anybody could hear her.]]
* GuttedLikeAFish: How she dies.
* HystericalWoman: Rebecca is the most emotional character in the film, often exasperating the situation with emotional outbursts.
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* FreakOut: [[spoiler:She's most prone {{Fingore}}:
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** Later, she's grabbed by a Crawler and dragged down a tunnel, ripping out several of her fingernails as shestarts screaming out tries to claw for help even though logically there's no way anybody could hear her.a handhold. [[spoiler: This one ends with her being murdered.]]
* FreakOut: Finding the Crawlers’ feeding ground completely breaks her composure, and she starts screaming out for help even though logically there's no way anybody could hear her.
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* HystericalWoman: Once they encounter the Crawlers, Rebeccais the most emotional character in the film, often exasperating cracks badly and begins worsening the situation with emotional outbursts.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Rebecca is very quick to call out Juno on her recklessness when it gets them trapped in an uncharted cave with no hope of rescue.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Rebecca is very quick to call out Juno on her recklessness when it gets them trapped in an uncharted cave with no hope of rescue.
* TheApprentice: She's described as Juno's "protege" and easily matches her in enthusiasm for extreme sports and reckless behavior - occasionally exceeding them.
* EveryoneHasStandards: As reckless as she is, Holly is openly horrified to discover that Juno is taking them on an unplanned exploration of an uncharted cave, and when Juno tries to defend herself by pointing out that Holly thought that the original cave was boring, Holly explodes with rage at Juno for the first time in the entire story.
* FearlessFool: Her total lack of fear is an extreme liability in a situation where safety is vitally important; even ''before'' things go downhill, she's already rappelling down into the cave entrance at high speed without bothering to warn anyone in her way or hitting the breaks - earning her a reprimand from ''Juno'' of all people.
* GameBreakingInjury: [[spoiler: Rushing ahead of the others results in her falling down a pit and breaking her leg, leaving her unable to climb under her own power - and leaving her unable to run or fight back when the Crawlers ambush the team.]]
* FearlessFool: Her total lack of fear is an extreme liability in a situation where safety is vitally important; even ''before'' things go downhill, she's already rappelling down into the cave entrance at high speed without bothering to warn anyone in her way or hitting the breaks - earning her a reprimand from ''Juno'' of all people.
* GameBreakingInjury: [[spoiler: Rushing ahead of the others results in her falling down a pit and breaking her leg, leaving her unable to climb under her own power - and leaving her unable to run or fight back when the Crawlers ambush the team.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: Not to put too fine a point on it, Holly is first to rush in where angels fear to tread and will frequently use methods too reckless even for Juno. [[spoiler: It results in her breaking a leg in her eagerness to escape the cave.]]
* PassionateSportsGirl: A hardcore 'sports fuck' who enjoys basejumping and the like, she's easily the most enthusiastic of the team about caving next to Juno herself.
* PassionateSportsGirl: A hardcore 'sports fuck' who enjoys basejumping and the like, she's easily the most enthusiastic of the team about caving next to Juno herself.
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* FragileSpeedster: They're faster than a human, WallCrawl, and can easily kill a human if they ambush them, but several humans manage to overpower them in a straight fight and they go down with a good hits.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter died in the car accident in the beginning of the film, along with her father (Sarah’s husband).
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* NotSoDifferent: Of the HeWhoFightsMonsters variety. Her HowlOfSorrow is designed to sound like a Crawler shriek, and she eventually even moves like a Crawler.
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* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: She's the one who's snuck up on, and it leads to very tragic consequences, namely [[spoiler: Beth's fatal injury]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She makes some serious dick moves throughout the movie, but she genuinely cares about her friends and does everything she can to try and get them out of the caves.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The look on her face says it all when she realizes that she [[spoiler: fatally injured Beth, mistaking her for a Crawler]].
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: She refuses to leave anyone still alive behind, and does her best to find them after they ended up separated by the Crawlers.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:She abandons Beth after mortally wounding her and hides her actions from her friends. Conversely, she also goes well out of her way to save her surviving friends, calling out to them and risking that the Crawlers would find her.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After having her throat torn out, she manages to stab the Crawler that did it. Subverted, as it survives.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After having her throat torn out, she manages to stab the Crawler that did it. Subverted, as it survives.survives, but the weapon she left lodged in the Crawler gave Juno a means to finish it.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Refuses to accept responsibility for any of her major screw ups: [[spoiler:her affair with Paul, lying to the group about what cave they were in, or her AccidentalMurder of Beth]].
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* NeverMyFault: Refuses to accept responsibility for any of her major screw ups: [[spoiler:her affair with Paul, lying to the group about what cave they were in, [[spoiler:her affair with Paul, or her AccidentalMurder of Beth]].
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She impulsively goes to a completely different, uncharted cavern rather than the one the group planned on exploring, and without letting them know. This results in stranding them with no hope of rescue in a vicious environment that threatens to kill all of them. And that's before they encounter the Crawlers...
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* RecklessSidekick: She loves climbing, but often ignores safety to Juno's frustration.
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* SpicyLatina: [[CreatorSharedBackground If she shares the same background as Natalie Mendoza]], Juno has Spanish and Filipina ancestry, but she's also very HotBlooded.
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Downplayed. Crawlers are actually blind but are able to percieve their environment by using echolocation, a real-life technique used by animals such as bats which consists in producing sounds that will bounce back on surroundings to give the individual a sort of fixed image of said environment. [[ShownTheirWork This is why the crawlers are heard clicking their tongues during the movie, as it is also how some real-life blind humans echolocate]].
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* BizarreAlienSenses: Downplayed. Crawlers are actually blind but are able to percieve perceive their environment by using echolocation, a real-life technique used by animals such as bats which consists in producing sounds that will bounce back on surroundings to give the individual a sort of fixed image of said environment. [[ShownTheirWork This is why the crawlers are heard clicking their tongues during the movie, as it is also how some real-life blind humans echolocate]].
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* HumanSubspecies: According to WordOfGod, they're cavemen who never left the caves and have since adapted to survive entirely in darkness.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:She was TheMistress to Paul.]]
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* FragileSpeedster: They're faster than a human, WallCrawl, and can easily kill a human if they ambush them, but several humans manage to overpower them in a straight fight and they go down with a good hits.
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* TokenMinority: In a group full of white women, she's the only woman of color.
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