History Characters / VForVendettaComic

* BaldOfAwesome: He's a bald GreatDetective who proves to be the only member of the Norsefire government remotely capable of matching wits with V.

The main protagonist is an AntiHero that nevertheless goes by very idealistic anarchist creeds. Appearing as a dark figure in a BlackCloak and wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, V's real name is just as unknown as his face that is only described by Dr Surridge as being [[UglyCute "pathetically ugly"]]. Swearing to bring down the repressive order that now rules England, he builds the Shadow Gallery with art pieces he saved from destruction and uses it as his headquarters. From then on, he patiently and skillfully destroys various symbols of power, disrupts Norsefire's [[Creator/GeorgeOrwell orwellian]] surveillance system and emits subversive tracts and TV appearances. A WarriorPoet, V is a philosophical, eccentric yet generally unflappable man with a quirky sense of humour that even his protégée has a hard time getting.

%%* ByronicHero

* IncestSubtext: Evey attaches herself to various father figures as ReplacementGoldfish for her DisappearedDad.

%%* AmbitionIsEvil

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Her use of sex as a weapon led her to [[spoiler:cheat on her husband. When he finds out he kills her lover and gets mortally wounded himself, ruining her plans to control the government. Later Helen, who used sex as a weapon to ruthlessly manipulate people and control her downtrodden husband, is reduced to selling sexual favors to survive]].

* BuryYourGays: She had been imprisoned in Larkhill for being homosexual and killed off during the experiments, before the main story starts.

* CelibateHero: Whether or not he's {{Asexual}} is never brought up. When Evey makes sexual advances to him, he kicks her out of the Shadow Gallery. [[spoiler: In the movie, they eventually kiss, even though V is wearing his mask.]]

* {{Asexuality}}: {{Invoked}} and {{Subverted}} - He ''thinks'' he is asexual, but the truth seems to be that he's just a combination of {{Robosexual}} and really repressed.

* BaldHeadOfToughness: As part of her torture [[spoiler:in V's ConfidenceBuildingScheme]], Evey is [[TruamaticHaircut shaved bald]]. The mental fortitude she developed while enduring the torture transforms her from a NaiveEverygirl into a [[spoiler:RedeemingReplacement for V]].

* TruamaticHaircut: She's shaved completely bald when she is tortured in order to break her mentally.

* BaldWomen: [[spoiler:After her TraumaticHaircut.]]

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted. He is.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: He switches from sadistic violence to weeping as he begs V for mercy. V, however, is not in a forgiving mood.

* {{Asexuality}}: He ''thinks'' he is asexual, but the truth seems to be that he's just really repressed. A real asexual probably wouldn't do most of the things mentioned below.

* BrokenBird: After enduring her husband's excuse, being Dascombe's plaything, and then being forced to perform demeaning burlesque numbers just to survive, Rosemary becomes ''quite'' broken.

!!Commander Adam Susan

The cold, merciless, and despotic head of state who serves as the BigBad.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he's disposed of at the hands of Rosemary.]]

* AntiVillain: Seems to cross over HeroOfAnotherStory and ultimately averted. Eric gives the reader the story from the government position. He truly believes himself to just be a policeman doing what is necessary to pull England back from the brink of post-war destruction. He isn't pleased with himself or the system, but is convinced that it is absolutely necessary. From his point of view England is one of the few barely functioning states in the post war world, and V actions risk sending them back into Chaos. [[spoiler: Then he takes LSD to try an understand V. It succeeds, but also exposes his deep guilt over his role in the purges. Pre-War he was deeply involved with and respectful of the Black and LGBT community with many of his friends being a part of one or both. Post-War the loss of his wife and child allowed him to radicalized by Norsefire, and he personally sent his said friends to the camps where they met their horrible ends. While he is still determined to stop V, he concludes and accepts that he is a monster.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His position as a former police constable, combined with his homophobia and his conviction that he talks to God are highly reminiscent of former Manchester chief constable Sir James Anderton[[https:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderton]]. It's probably accidental but the way he's drawn is also very similar to the physical appearance of Gordon Brown.

* AffablyEvil: Humorous and happy-tempered but still just as corrupt as the Government he serves.

* KnightTemplar: He is uncompromising in his attempt to overthrow the Norsefire government, having no quarms about killing his enemies in cold blood and even using MindRape.
* MacGyvering: A speciality of his. Being the only physically healthy survivor of the experiment peformed on him and his fellow prisoners, he was granded special privileges such as a limited access to gardening supplies. With them, he was able to produce gunpowder, mustard gas, and napalm, all of which he used to stage his escape.

* AntiVillain: Seems to cross over HeroOfAnotherStory and ultimately averted. Eric gives the reader the story from the government position. He truly believes himself to just be a policeman doing what is necessary to pull England back from the brink of post-war destruction. He isn't pleased with himself or the system, but is convinced that it is absolutely necessary. From his point of view England is one of the few barely functioning states in the post war world, and V actions risk sending them back into Chaos. [[spoiler: Then he takes LSD to try an understand V. It succeeds, but also exposes his deep guilt over his role in the purges. Pre-War he was essentially a KeystoneCop who was deeply involved with and respectful of the Black and LGBT community with many of his friends being a part of one or both. Post-War the loss off his wife and child allowed him to radicalized by Norsefire, and he personally sent his said friends to the camps where they met their horrible ends. While he is still determined to stop V, he concludes and accepts that he is a monster.]]

* CruelMercy: Instead of killing him, V uses mental torture to render him incurably insane.

%%* WarriorPoet

%%* WickedCultured

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Rosemary was complicit in the genocidal purges that followed Norsefire's takeover. She didn't partake in them personally, but rather is an example of "evil occurs when good men do nothing." She specifically regrets doing nothing to stop the police from taking her neighbor and her family(An Indian woman named Mrs. Rana,) even though said neighbor kept her fed during the post-war famine. However, she comes to regret her actions, which becomes part of her motivation to kill Susan. What stops her from being an Anti-Hero, is most of her motivation is to avenge her husband and herself as she blames her current status on the government. While she was a privileged "High Party member," she was content to sit back and let things take their course. When she's "forced to submit her hind-quarters for the world" she begins to take issue with society.]]

* AntiVillain: Seems to cross over HeroOfAnotherStory and ultimately averted. Eric gives the reader the story from the government posistion. He truly believes himself to just be a policeman doing what is nessacary to pull England back from the brink of post-war destruction. He isn't pleased with himself or the system, but is convinced that it is absolutely nessacary. From his point of view England is one of the few barely functioning states in the post war world, and V actions risk sending them back into Chaos. [[spoiler: Then he takes LSD to try an understand V. It succedes, but also exposses his deep guilt over his role in the purges. Pre-War he was essentially a KeystoneCop who was deeply involved with and respectful of the Black and LGBT community with many of his friends being a part of one or both. Post-War the loss off his wife and child allowed him to radicalized by Norsefire, and he personally sent his said friends to the camps where they met their horrible ends. While he is still determined to stop V, he conculdes and accepts that he is a monster.]]

* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Rosemary was complicit in the genocidal purges that followed Norsefire's takeover. She didn't partake in them personally, but rather is an example of "evil occurs when good men do nothing." She specifcally regrets doing nothing to stop the police from taking her neighbor and her family(An Indian woman named Mrs. Rana,) even though said neighbor kept her fed during the post-war famine. However, she comes to regret her actions, which motivates her to kill Susan. What stops her from being an Anti-Hero, is she only takes action after her life falls apart, when she's "forced to submitt her hind-quarters for the world" does she begin to take issue with society. While she was a privledged "High Party member," she was content to sit back and let things take their course.]]

* TheLastDance: [[spoiler: Feeling she had nothng left to lose and no purpose left in life anyways, she decides to at least do something useful before dying.]]

* AntiVillain: While he loyally serves an authoritarian state, he only does so due to his single-minded dedication to protect England's citizens from crime and chaos.

* FluffyTheTerrible: "Adam Susan" is not a particularly menacing or even memorable name, nor does the man it belongs to have any exceptional attributes.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His position as a former police constable, combined with his homophobia and his conviction that he talks to God are highly reminiscent of former Manchester chief constable Sir James Anderton[[https:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anderton]],

* WomanInWhite: Frequently dresses in white, perhaps to play up her good public face.

* TheDragon: To Susan, until Almond is killed by V.

* SmugSnake: Much like Creedy, Helen fancies herself a MagnificentBitch, and while she is able to out-class the former with her skills as manipulation, at the end of the day her entire scheme hinges on her marriage with Conrad and her affair with Alistair Harper. [[spoiler: Once both men are dead and gone, Helen loses all of her influence with what's left of the government and is soon reduced to selling sex on the streets just to get by.]]

* BigBadWannabe: She tries to set herself up as the unofficial head of Norsefire. [[spoiler: Granted, she comes close, but she is easily removed from the equation once V catches wind of her involvement.]]