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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules

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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRulesScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: His golden rule is to always see a job through if he's been paid, even if the person you paid him to kill has paid him to kill you.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: After punching his brother after his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and walking out on him, Tuco notes that no matter how low he sinks, he'll always be the one man who'll offer him a free bowl of soup.
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!'''Corporal Wallace (Mario Brega)'''

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!'''Corporal Wallace (Mario Brega)'''
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* AntiHero

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* AntiHeroAntiHero: The only reason he's "The Good" is because his two opponents are even worse.
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!'''"Blondie", The Good (Clint Eastwood)'''

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!'''"Blondie", The Good (Clint Eastwood)'''
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!'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, The Ugly (Eli Wallach)'''

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!'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, The Ugly (Eli Wallach)'''
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* AndStarring: "and Eli Wallach in the role of Tuco." Only in the US version; the European prints billed the three principal actors together ahead of the title.

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* AndStarring: "and Eli Wallach Creator/EliWallach in the role of Tuco." Only in the US version; the European prints billed the three principal actors together ahead of the title.



* BondOneLiner: "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk." Actually improvised on the spot by Eli Wallach.

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* BondOneLiner: "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk." Actually improvised on the spot by Eli Wallach.Creator/EliWallach.



* FakeNationality: Eli Wallach is a Polish-American Jew playing the distinctly Mexican Tuco.

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* FakeNationality: Eli Wallach Creator/EliWallach is a Polish-American Jew playing the distinctly Mexican Tuco.



* HeyItsThatGuy: Wallach played another Mexican in his [[TheMagnificentSeven second most famous role]].

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Wallach [[Creator/EliWallach Wallach]] played another Mexican in his [[TheMagnificentSeven second most famous role]].



* UnorthodoxHolstering: Keeps his pistol dangling around his neck with a piece of rope. [[EnforcedTrope Apparently, this was because Eli Wallach kept looking down to check whenever he wore a pistol belt]].

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* UnorthodoxHolstering: Keeps his pistol dangling around his neck with a piece of rope. [[EnforcedTrope Apparently, this was because Eli Wallach Creator/EliWallach kept looking down to check whenever he wore a pistol belt]].



!'''Angel Eyes, The Bad (Lee Van Cleef)'''

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!'''Angel Eyes, The Bad (Lee Van Cleef)'''
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Van Cleef was a Western movie veteran; he made his debut in ''HighNoon'' with Gary Cooper.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Van Cleef Creator/LeeVanCleef was a Western movie veteran; he made his debut in ''HighNoon'' with Gary Cooper.



* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Van Cleef refused to actually hit Maria, the woman Angel Eyes strikes multiple times for information.

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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: [[Creator/LeeVanCleef Van Cleef Cleef]] refused to actually hit Maria, the woman Angel Eyes strikes multiple times for information.



* YouLookFamiliar: Van Cleef appeared in ''ForAFewDollarsMore'' as Colonel Mortimer.

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* YouLookFamiliar: [[Creator/LeeVanCleef Van Cleef Cleef]] appeared in ''ForAFewDollarsMore'' ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'' as Colonel Mortimer.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Why he enjoys killing so much.
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* Anti-Hero

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* Anti-HeroAntiHero
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* Anti-Hero
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'''"Blondie", The Good (Clint Eastwood)'''

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'''"Blondie", !'''"Blondie", The Good (Clint Eastwood)'''



'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, The Ugly (Eli Wallach)'''

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'''Tuco !'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez, The Ugly (Eli Wallach)'''



'''Angel Eyes, The Bad (Lee Van Cleef)'''

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'''Angel !'''Angel Eyes, The Bad (Lee Van Cleef)'''



'''Union Captain (Aldo Giuffre)'''

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'''Union !'''Union Captain (Aldo Giuffre)'''



'''Corporal Wallace (Mario Brega)'''

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'''Corporal !'''Corporal Wallace (Mario Brega)'''

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* CallBack: To Tuco's "two kinds of people" line.

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* CallBack: CallBack / IronicEcho: To Tuco's "two kinds of people" line.



* DressingAsTheEnemy

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* DressingAsTheEnemyDressingAsTheEnemy: He and Tuco in the Union soldier camp.



* GoodIsNotNice: He's basically as much of a scoundrel as Tuco or Angel Eyes (and the one to blame for the destruction of his and Tuco's partnership), but retains a moral value unlike the other two and most of the time does what's right, as long as it doesn't interfere with going after the gold.

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* GoodIsNotNice: GoodIsNotNice / NotSoDifferent: He's basically as much of a scoundrel as Tuco or Angel Eyes (and the one to blame for the destruction of his and Tuco's partnership), but retains a moral value unlike the other two and most of the time does what's right, as long as it doesn't interfere with going after the gold.



* IronicEcho: His rendition of Tuco's "two kinds of people" catchphrase at the end.



* NotSoDifferent: See GoodIsNotNice.
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* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
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* Asshole [[spoiler:Victim]]

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* Asshole [[spoiler:Victim]][[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]



* SociopathicSoldier: As part of his disguise in the Union camp.

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* ** SociopathicSoldier: As part of his disguise in the Union camp.




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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold



* Asshole [[spoiler:Victim]]

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* Asshole [[spoiler:Victim]][[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]
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* Asshole[[spoiler:Victim]]

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* Asshole[[spoiler:Victim]]Asshole [[spoiler:Victim]]



* Asshole[[spoiler:Victim]]

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* Asshole[[spoiler:Victim]]Asshole [[spoiler:Victim]]

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* TheGunslinger



* TheGunslinger



* NotSoDifferent: See GoodIsNotNice.



* AssholeVictim

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* AssholeVictimAsshole[[spoiler:Victim]]



* WouldHitAGirl: Poor Maria.

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* WouldHitAGirl: Poor Maria.Maria...



* AssholeVictim

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* AssholeVictimAsshole[[spoiler:Victim]]


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* {{Jerkass}}
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: If you hire him to kill someone, make sure the other guy hasn't got any money to pay him to return the favour.

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* OnlyInItForTheMoney

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* OnlyInItForTheMoneyOnlyInItForTheMoney: Will gladly turn on his employer if paid to do so. In fact, his EstablishingCharacterMoment has him kill Stevens after Baker has paid him and return to Baker, only to kill him because Stevens gave him money before Angel Eyes killed him.



* SociopathicSoldier

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* SociopathicSoldierJackBauerInterrogationTechnique
* SociopathicSoldier
* TortureTechnician
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* LongList [[ListOfTransgressions of Transgressions]]

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* LongList [[ListOfTransgressions of Transgressions]]Transgressions]]: And it gets longer every time it's read out. Apparently, he has raped, killed, stolen money from ''both'' sides of the civil was and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking gambled with marked cards]].
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* UnorthodoxHolstering: Keeps his pistol dangling around his neck with a piece of rope. [[EnforcedTrope Apparently, this was because Eli Wallach kept looking down to check whenever he wore a pistol belt]].
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* AffablyEvil
** LaughablyEvil
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** CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass


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* CombatPragmatist

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** BadassBeard
** BadassCape: Though only at the end
** BadassLongcoat: Goes through three of them.
* BountyHunter: Though, he has a tendency to claim bounties and free said criminals, raising the bounty and turning them in at another town to make more money.



* CombatPragmatist



* ImprobableAimingSkills: Only Blondie could perfectly cut the rope about to hang Tuco with a single shot.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Only Blondie could [[ShootTheRope perfectly cut the rope rope]] about to hang Tuco with a single shot.
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** SoftSpokenSadist

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* AxCrazy

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* AxCrazyAxCrazy: He is actually a subversion; he is more ruthless and evil than crazy, but still meets several traits of a true AxCrazy: he is TheDreaded, extremely sadistic and incredibly sociopathic. Even he is seen with a maniacal cackle when he kills his boss.


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** BadassMustache
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* NiceHat: For a good portion of the movie, although he loses it following the episode in the Union camp.

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* NiceHat: For a good portion of the movie, although he loses it following the episode in the second Union camp.

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* CallBack: To Tuco's "two kinds of people" line.



* FreudianTrio: The Ego.



* GoodIsNotNice: He's basically as much of a scoundrel as Tuco or Angel Eyes (and the one to blame for the destruction of his and Tuco's partnership), but retains a moral value unlike the other two and most of the time does what's right, as long as it doesn't interfere with going after the gold.
* HairColorDissonance: His hair is sandy brown due to imperfect translation from an original Italian.



* ThanatosGambit: See the summary on the main page.
* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: See CallBack and IronicEcho.
* WhatASenselessWasteOfHumanLife: "I've never seen so many men wasted so badly."



* CatchPhrase: "There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend..."



* EvenEvilHasStandards: He has his moments.



* FreudianTrio: The Id.



* IllKillYou: After he is left behind in the desert when Blondie dissolves their initial partnership.



* TemptingFate: The bit where he confuses the soldiers in

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* TemptingFate: The bit scene where he confuses the Union soldiers infor Confederates.
* ThereAreTwoKindsOfPeopleInTheWorld: His CatchPhrase.



* AxCrazy



* TheDreaded



* EvilCounterpart: To Blondie.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FreudianTrio: The Superego.
* GoldFever: Not as bad as Tuco, but his motivation for killing so many people.



* HeyItsThatGuy: Van Cleef was a Western movie veteran; he made his debut in ''HighNoon'' with Gary Cooper.



* IronicNickname
* ItsAllAboutMe: His reason for killing Baker, the man who hired him to kill Stevens.



* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Van Cleef refused to actually hit Maria, the woman Angel Eyes strikes multiple times for information.



* MysteriousMercenaryPursuer



* OnlyInItForTheMoney



* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules



* SociopathicSoldier: As part of his disguise in the Union camp.

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* SociopathicSoldier: As part of his disguise in the Union camp.camp.
* VillainousCheekBones
* WouldHitAGirl: Poor Maria.
* WouldHurtAChild
* YouLookFamiliar: Van Cleef appeared in ''ForAFewDollarsMore'' as Colonel Mortimer.

'''Union Captain (Aldo Giuffre)'''

* TheAlcoholic

'''Corporal Wallace (Mario Brega)'''

* TheDragon: To Angel Eyes.
* DumbMuscle
* SociopathicSoldier

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* DeadpanSnarkerDeadpanSnarker: Especially with Tuco.
--> '''Tuco:''' God's on our side because he hates the yanks too!
--> '''Blondie:''' God's not on our side because he hates idiots also.
* DeusExMachina: Saved from death by a hangman's noose at the hands of Tuco as the result of a sudden cannon ball that crashes through the wall.
* DressingAsTheEnemy



* EstablishingCharacterMoment
* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Unloading Tuco's gun the night before the showdown did the trick.]]



* IconicOutfit
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Only Blondie could perfectly cut the rope about to hang Tuco with a single shot.
* IronicEcho: His rendition of Tuco's "two kinds of people" catchphrase at the end.



* TheManWithNoName

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* TheManWithNoNameTheManWithNoName: The TropeNamer, although "Fistful of Dollars" and "Few Dollars More" introduced the character first.
* NiceHat



* OneLastSmoke: The scene with the dying soldier.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: With Tuco.



'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez (Eli Wallach)'''

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'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez Ramirez, The Ugly (Eli Wallach)'''



* EstablishingCharacterMoment



* EvilGloating: "Shoot, don't talk."



* GenreSavvy: Enough to hide a gun under the bubbles when he takes a bath. It works, too.



* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: [[spoiler:His gun during the final showdown.]]



* TheManTheyCouldn'tHang

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* TheManTheyCouldn'tHangTheManTheyCouldntHang



* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Receives an extremely painful one from Wallace.

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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Receives an extremely painful one from Wallace. [[spoiler:He gets his revenge after springing from the POW train and breaking Wallace's neck. Even after Wallace is already dead, Tuco continues to slam his head into a rock, probably still not satisfied that Wallace's death could level up to the savage beating that he took from him earlier. As if that was still not enough, Wallace gets run over by a train during Tuco's attempt to free himself from the chain binding him to Wallace.]]



* TalkToTheFist: The "shoot, don't talk" line.
* TemptingFate: The bit where he confuses the soldiers in
* ThirdPersonPerson: Frequently refers to himself this way.



* EstablishingCharacterMoment



* TheHeavy
* HiredGuns



* NiceHat



* SmokingIsCool

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* SmokingIsCoolProfessionalKiller
* PsychoForHire: He enjoys killing and torturing as much as the money he makes from it.
* {{Sadist}}
* SmokingIsCool
* TheSociopath
* SociopathicSoldier: As part of his disguise in the Union camp.

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* {{Badass}}



* EnemyMine: With Tuco.
* TheGunslinger
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold




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* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Tuco.



* AndStarring: "and Eli Wallach in the role of Tuco." Only in the US version; the European prints billed the three principal actors together ahead of the title.
* AntiVillain



* ColdBloodedTorture: From Wallace, courtesy of Angel Eyes.



* CurseCutShort: The famous last line of the film - "HEY BLONDIE! YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? JUST A DIRTY SON OF A BAAAAAA!!!" Also see SoundEffectBleep.



* DirtyCoward / LovableCoward
* EnemyMine: With Blondie.



* EyeScream: Wallace gets him to reveal to Angel Eyes the name of the cemetery where the gold is buried by pressing down on his eyes with his thumbs.



* TheGunslinger



* LongListOfTransgressions

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* LongListOfTransgressionsLongList [[ListOfTransgressions of Transgressions]]



* TheManTheyCouldn'tHang
* MeaningfulName: "Tuco" means "rat" in Spanish.



* OverlyLongName

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* OverlyLongNameNeverLearnedToRead:
** "See you soon, id-id-idi..." "Idiots." "It's for you."
** "Un-k... un-k... there's no name on it!"
* NiceHat: For a good portion of the movie, although he loses it following the episode in the Union camp.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Receives an extremely painful one from Wallace.
* ObfuscatingStupidity
* OhCrap: Has three moments - the first when he realizes the true colors of the soldiers whom he has mistaken for Confederates, the second when he notices that Blondie has set up a hangman's noose for him in the cemetery, and the third is his reaction when he thinks Blondie is going to shoot him rather than cut the noose.
* OverlyLongName
* PetTheDog: When he meets with his brother.
* RealMenWearPink: The shredded pink parasol that he carries to beat the intensity of the desert sun.
* RedBaron: See MeaningfulName.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Blondie's Blue.
* SoundEffectBleep: See CurseCutShort.
* ThrowItIn: The "shoot, don't talk" line.
* VillainProtagonist: Arguably, but he does get the most screen time as well as dialogue.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: With Blondie.

'''Angel Eyes, The Bad (Lee Van Cleef)'''

* {{Badass}}
* BigBad
* ColdBloodedTorture: On Tuco, with Wallace as his middleman.
* EnemyEatsYourLunch: To Stevens just before shooting him under the table.
* TheGunslinger
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Amazingly, he shows ''no remorse whatsoever'' for his actions.
* LackOfEmpathy
* MoneyDearBoy: Why he enjoys killing so much.
* NoNameGiven: "Angel Eyes" is a nickname from Tuco, and just in case you're wondering, "Sentenza" isn't his actual name, either.
* SmokingIsCool
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'''"Blondie", The Good (Clint Eastwood)'''

* DeadpanSnarker
* TheManWithNoName
* NoNameGiven: Hence, ''The Man With No Name.'' "Blondie" is merely a nickname given to him by Tuco.
* SmokingIsCool

'''Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez (Eli Wallach)'''

* {{Badass}}
* {{Bandito}}
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's every bit as dangerous as Blondie and Angel Eyes, perhaps even more so.
* BondOneLiner: "When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk." Actually improvised on the spot by Eli Wallach.
* ButtMonkey: He isn't successful for more than 20 onscreen minutes. Although, considering that he is a scheming and opportunistic bandit, he probably deserves most of what happens to him.
* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon
* TheComicallySerious
* {{Determinator}}: He just won't give in on catching up to Blondie or searching for the gold.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He is genuinely distraught to learn that his parents have passed away.
* FakeNationality: Eli Wallach is a Polish-American Jew playing the distinctly Mexican Tuco.
* FauxAffablyEvil
* FingerlessGloves: Hobo-style, to be exact.
* GoldFever: He's probably conflicted by this the worst out of the three main characters. Just watch his "Gold Ecstasy" when he finally digs up the treasure during the finale.
* HairTriggerTemper
* HeyItsThatGuy: Wallach played another Mexican in his [[TheMagnificentSeven second most famous role]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The more we get to know about Tuco, the more we understand that he's one of these. Justified since Tuco is the only character whose backstory we learn; Blondie's and Angel Eyes' histories are a complete mystery.
* KickTheDog
* LaughablyEvil
* LongListOfTransgressions
* MadeOfIron: Among his several mishaps - getting thrown off a horse by a cannon shot, getting hit from quite a distance by a cannon shot, nearly hung for his crimes on several occasions (especially during the finale), has the hell beat out of him by Wallace (which includes having his eyes nearly squeezed out), and leaps out of a moving train and down a steep hill in an act that breaks Wallace's neck.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The scene in the cantina bathtub.
* OverlyLongName

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