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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: He has clearly implied off-screen sex with Lucia, and then the two of them are attacked by a Graboid and killed.]]
* {{Irony}}: In his last scene, he's talking about how much he wants to stay in the bush with Lucia, and doesn't want to go home. [[spoiler: Guess what? He gets his wish...]]
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[[folder:Travis B. Welker]]
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JamieKennedy
A strange Florida native who tracks Burt Gummer down in the desert, proclaiming his status as a fan and taking over as the camera-man for Burt's wilderness survival web show. Burt is initially reluctant to accept his presence but grows to tolerate him.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: As per the norm in this franchise, averted. The obvious example of this is when he presents Burt with a semi-automatic rifle. As he holds the gun up, his finger is clearly not on the trigger.
* AscendedFanboy: In-universe example. He tells Burt he's a huge fan. [[spoiler: There's more to it than that, of course]].
* BadassBiker: Travis is exceptional when on motorcycle.
* BadassFamily: [[spoiler: It turns out that, while he may not have Burt's... quirks... he more than inherited Burt's toughness, courage and ability to handle himself in a fight.]]
* DidNotGetTheGirl: He develops an attraction to Dr. Nandi Montabu soon after meeting her, but she decides she prefers Baruti instead. Subverted in "A Cold Day in Hell" where Dr. Rita Sims eventually warms up to his charms after seeing how much he cares for his father.
* GunNut: He inherited his interest in guns from [[spoiler:Burt]].
* HasAType: Given his interest in Nandi in the fifth film and Rita in the sixth, Travis may have a thing for attractive, intelligent women.
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: He's revealed to be Burt's illegitimate son.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's annoying and obnoxious but has a good heart.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Like [[spoiler:Burt]], Travis is a GunNut, has a strong will, and is willing to do what is needed to get the job done.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Reveals himself to be Burt's illegitimate child from a one-night stand he had at a gun show in Florida some 40 years ago.]]
* MellowFellow: Travis is laid-back and goofy.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: The "B" part of his middle name has not been revealed.
* NomDeMom: Justified. Travis has his mother's name because she and his father weren't married at the time of his conception.
* PutOnABus: In ''Tremors 7: Shrieker Island'', it's mentioned he's unavailable due to currently spending a stint in a Mexican prison for doing peyote.
* TookALevelInBadass: When Burt's incapacitated in the sixth film, it's Travis who takes charge, devising and perfectly executing the plan that captures a graboid for [[spoiler:anti-venom to use against the disease that's killing Burt.]]
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[[folder:Dr. Nandi Montabu]]
--> '''Played By:''' Pearl Thus
A South African veterinarian who works in the reserve, SingleMother to her daughter Amahle. Proves surprisingly dangerous when the Graboids start attacking.
* BadassBookworm: Let's face it, would you expect a vet to carry and implicitly know how to use a machine gun? Or be capable of killing an Ass-blaster with a bow and arrow?
* MamaBear: She slaughters an Ass-blaster and ''two'' Graboids to protect her daughter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Amahle Montabu]]
--> '''Played by:''' Nolitha Zulu
Dr. Nandi's adorable daughter.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: She's put in danger repeatedly, but survives the film.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: She's got a Graboid egg in her backpack, which is one of the reasons that the Graboids and Ass-blasters attack the camp.]]
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[[folder:Dr. Michael Swan]]
--> '''Played By:''' Emmanuel Castis
An archaeologist who is operating a two-person dig with his lover/assistant Lucia, eventually digging up the fossilized skeleton of an African Graboid.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: He has clearly implied off-screen sex with Lucia, and then the two of them are attacked by a Graboid and killed.]]
* {{Irony}}: In his last scene, he's talking about how much he wants to stay in the bush with Lucia, and doesn't want to go home. [[spoiler: Guess what? He gets his wish...]]
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. His and Lucia's relationship is treated matter of factly and as completely natural. [[spoiler: Making it all the more a shame what happens to them.]]
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[[folder:Riley]]
One of Van Wyck's agents, he operates as a bush guide for tourists.
[[folder:Erich Van Wyck]]
--> '''Played by:''' Daniel Janks
An agent with the South African Wildlife Federation who hires Burt and Travis to tackle the Graboid problem in the Cradlestone Reserve. Strangely, he asks that they try and catch at least one alive. The reason why becomes very clear, very soon.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: He gets EatenAlive by the African Graboid.]]
* EvilPoacher: [[spoiler: You guessed it, this is what he really is.]]
* MoneyDearBoy: [[spoiler: Why he wants a live Graboid or Ass-blaster.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Seriously, who in their right mind would think that trying to catch a Graboid alive to try and sell it would be a good idea?]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Seriously, we can't write anything about him without giving away a significant plot point. Even the list of tropes above is spoilerific!
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[[folder:Johan Dreyer]]
--> '''Played by:''' Brandon Auret
One of Van Wyck's agents, he operates as a bush guide for tourists.
* EvilPoacher: [[spoiler: Just like his boss. In fact, he was supposed to be out trying to catch a cheetah cub when he discovered the Graboid nest.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: He stands around shouting about how he can't die, because he's African, whilst Burt has just shot an Ass-blaster out of the air. It promptly lands on him, crushing/burning him to death.]]
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[[folder:Den Bravers]]
--> '''Played by:''' Ian Roberts
* CoolOldGuy: A white-bearded man who advises Burt about the basic survival principle of the area (RunOrDie) and shoots his way out of a graboids stomach after being swallowed.
* PutOnABus: Den is absent from the final act due to being summoned to help fight a nearby brush fire.
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[[folder:Baruti]]
--> '''Played By:''' Rea Rangaka
One of the South African workers on the reserve, he has a crush on Dr. Montabu.
* CannotSpitItOut: He has a hard time admitting his crush.
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[[folder:Thaba]]
--> '''Played By:''' Sello Sebotsane
One of Van Wyck's South African workers.
* EvilAllAlong: Thaba spends all of his scenes either displaying a BigFun attitude or showing impressive bravery in the face of the Ass Blasters. However, Van Wyk introduces Thaba by claiming that they work together at a (nonexistent) wildlife ministry, meaning that Thaba is another EvilPoacher like his boss.
* MacheteMayhem: Stands his ground and fights an African ass-blaster with a machete.
* ShipperOnDeck: He ships his friend Baruti and Montabu.
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[[folder:Lucia]]
--> '''Played by:''' Natalie Becker
An African woman who is working at Dr. Swan's archaeological dig as his assistant and lover.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: As with Dr. Swan, she gets killed after having made love.]]
* {{Irony}}: In her last scene, she talks about wanting to be together with her lover forever.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. Her and Dr. Swan's relationship is treated the matter of factly and as completely natural. [[spoiler: Making it all the more a shame what happens to them.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:African Graboid]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/african_graboid.png]]
The stronger and faster relative to the American Graboids.
* MonsterIsAMommy: Defends their nest with the ass-blasters.
* SignatureMove: Their habit of jumping entirely above ground, then dropping on their prey. Backfires a few times on them though, as this way there's no dirt to shield them from large explosions.
* SuperPrototype: Zigzagged. It's speculated in the sixth film (where they encounter Antarctic Graboids identical to this type) that this species of graboid is an older evolutionary stage, eventually travelling south and evolving into the American graboids of the first movies. They're bigger, faster, more ferocious, can burrow through solid rock, can ''jump through the air'', and have detachable mouth tentacles compared to their later kin - but they never display the originals' intelligence, falling for repeat applications of tricks the originals would have wised up to.
* UpToEleven: Bigger, faster and stronger then all previously seen graboids, with the ability to burrow through rock and tentacles able to operate independently. Zigzagged in the sixth film though, as they're shown to repeatedly fall for tricks the originals would have adapted to, implying they may be stronger and faster but aren't smarter.
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[[folder:African Ass-Blaster]]
The stronger and faster relative to the American Ass-Blaster.
* MonsterIsAMommy: Defends their nest with the graboids.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The African variant has a circular, leech-like mouth filled with shredding fangs.
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[[folder:Grabbers]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grabber.png]]
The snake-like tongues of the African graboids. They can separate from the graboid's mouth.
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[[folder:Travis B. Welker]]
-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JamieKennedy
A strange Florida native who tracks Burt Gummer down in the desert, proclaiming his status as a fan and taking over as the camera-man for Burt's wilderness survival web show. Burt is initially reluctant to accept his presence but grows to tolerate him.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: As per the norm in this franchise, averted. The obvious example of this is when he presents Burt with a semi-automatic rifle. As he holds the gun up, his finger is clearly not on the trigger.
* AscendedFanboy: In-universe example. He tells Burt he's a huge fan. [[spoiler: There's more to it than that, of course]].
* BadassBiker: Travis is exceptional when on motorcycle.
* BadassFamily: [[spoiler: It turns out that, while he may not have Burt's... quirks... he more than inherited Burt's toughness, courage and ability to handle himself in a fight.]]
* DidNotGetTheGirl: He develops an attraction to Dr. Nandi Montabu soon after meeting her, but she decides she prefers Baruti instead. Subverted in "A Cold Day in Hell" where Dr. Rita Sims eventually warms up to his charms after seeing how much he cares for his father.
* GunNut: He inherited his interest in guns from [[spoiler:Burt]].
* HasAType: Given his interest in Nandi in the fifth film and Rita in the sixth, Travis may have a thing for attractive, intelligent women.
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: He's revealed to be Burt's illegitimate son.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's annoying and obnoxious but has a good heart.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Like [[spoiler:Burt]], Travis is a GunNut, has a strong will, and is willing to do what is needed to get the job done.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: [[spoiler:Reveals himself to be Burt's illegitimate child from a one-night stand he had at a gun show in Florida some 40 years ago.]]
* MellowFellow: Travis is laid-back and goofy.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial: The "B" part of his middle name has not been revealed.
* NomDeMom: Justified. Travis has his mother's name because she and his father weren't married at the time of his conception.
* PutOnABus: In ''Tremors 7: Shrieker Island'', it's mentioned he's unavailable due to currently spending a stint in a Mexican prison for doing peyote.
* TookALevelInBadass: When Burt's incapacitated in the sixth film, it's Travis who takes charge, devising and perfectly executing the plan that captures a graboid for [[spoiler:anti-venom to use against the disease that's killing Burt.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dr. Nandi Montabu]]
--> '''Played By:''' Pearl Thus
A South African veterinarian who works in the reserve, SingleMother to her daughter Amahle. Proves surprisingly dangerous when the Graboids start attacking.
* BadassBookworm: Let's face it, would you expect a vet to carry and implicitly know how to use a machine gun? Or be capable of killing an Ass-blaster with a bow and arrow?
* MamaBear: She slaughters an Ass-blaster and ''two'' Graboids to protect her daughter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Amahle Montabu]]
--> '''Played by:''' Nolitha Zulu
Dr. Nandi's adorable daughter.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: She's put in danger repeatedly, but survives the film.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: She's got a Graboid egg in her backpack, which is one of the reasons that the Graboids and Ass-blasters attack the camp.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Dr. Michael Swan]]
--> '''Played By:''' Emmanuel Castis
An archaeologist who is operating a two-person dig with his lover/assistant Lucia, eventually digging up the fossilized skeleton of an African Graboid.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: He has clearly implied off-screen sex with Lucia, and then the two of them are attacked by a Graboid and killed.]]
* {{Irony}}: In his last scene, he's talking about how much he wants to stay in the bush with Lucia, and doesn't want to go home. [[spoiler: Guess what? He gets his wish...]]
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. His and Lucia's relationship is treated matter of factly and as completely natural. [[spoiler: Making it all the more a shame what happens to them.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Riley]]
One of Van Wyck's agents, he operates as a bush guide for tourists.
[[folder:Erich Van Wyck]]
--> '''Played by:''' Daniel Janks
An agent with the South African Wildlife Federation who hires Burt and Travis to tackle the Graboid problem in the Cradlestone Reserve. Strangely, he asks that they try and catch at least one alive. The reason why becomes very clear, very soon.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: He gets EatenAlive by the African Graboid.]]
* EvilPoacher: [[spoiler: You guessed it, this is what he really is.]]
* MoneyDearBoy: [[spoiler: Why he wants a live Graboid or Ass-blaster.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Seriously, who in their right mind would think that trying to catch a Graboid alive to try and sell it would be a good idea?]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Seriously, we can't write anything about him without giving away a significant plot point. Even the list of tropes above is spoilerific!
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Johan Dreyer]]
--> '''Played by:''' Brandon Auret
One of Van Wyck's agents, he operates as a bush guide for tourists.
* EvilPoacher: [[spoiler: Just like his boss. In fact, he was supposed to be out trying to catch a cheetah cub when he discovered the Graboid nest.]]
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: He stands around shouting about how he can't die, because he's African, whilst Burt has just shot an Ass-blaster out of the air. It promptly lands on him, crushing/burning him to death.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Den Bravers]]
--> '''Played by:''' Ian Roberts
* CoolOldGuy: A white-bearded man who advises Burt about the basic survival principle of the area (RunOrDie) and shoots his way out of a graboids stomach after being swallowed.
* PutOnABus: Den is absent from the final act due to being summoned to help fight a nearby brush fire.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Baruti]]
--> '''Played By:''' Rea Rangaka
One of the South African workers on the reserve, he has a crush on Dr. Montabu.
* CannotSpitItOut: He has a hard time admitting his crush.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Thaba]]
--> '''Played By:''' Sello Sebotsane
One of Van Wyck's South African workers.
* EvilAllAlong: Thaba spends all of his scenes either displaying a BigFun attitude or showing impressive bravery in the face of the Ass Blasters. However, Van Wyk introduces Thaba by claiming that they work together at a (nonexistent) wildlife ministry, meaning that Thaba is another EvilPoacher like his boss.
* MacheteMayhem: Stands his ground and fights an African ass-blaster with a machete.
* ShipperOnDeck: He ships his friend Baruti and Montabu.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lucia]]
--> '''Played by:''' Natalie Becker
An African woman who is working at Dr. Swan's archaeological dig as his assistant and lover.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: As with Dr. Swan, she gets killed after having made love.]]
* {{Irony}}: In her last scene, she talks about wanting to be together with her lover forever.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Averted. Her and Dr. Swan's relationship is treated the matter of factly and as completely natural. [[spoiler: Making it all the more a shame what happens to them.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:African Graboid]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/african_graboid.png]]
The stronger and faster relative to the American Graboids.
* MonsterIsAMommy: Defends their nest with the ass-blasters.
* SignatureMove: Their habit of jumping entirely above ground, then dropping on their prey. Backfires a few times on them though, as this way there's no dirt to shield them from large explosions.
* SuperPrototype: Zigzagged. It's speculated in the sixth film (where they encounter Antarctic Graboids identical to this type) that this species of graboid is an older evolutionary stage, eventually travelling south and evolving into the American graboids of the first movies. They're bigger, faster, more ferocious, can burrow through solid rock, can ''jump through the air'', and have detachable mouth tentacles compared to their later kin - but they never display the originals' intelligence, falling for repeat applications of tricks the originals would have wised up to.
* UpToEleven: Bigger, faster and stronger then all previously seen graboids, with the ability to burrow through rock and tentacles able to operate independently. Zigzagged in the sixth film though, as they're shown to repeatedly fall for tricks the originals would have adapted to, implying they may be stronger and faster but aren't smarter.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:African Ass-Blaster]]
The stronger and faster relative to the American Ass-Blaster.
* MonsterIsAMommy: Defends their nest with the graboids.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The African variant has a circular, leech-like mouth filled with shredding fangs.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Grabbers]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grabber.png]]
The snake-like tongues of the African graboids. They can separate from the graboid's mouth.
[[/folder]]
