History Characters / Venom2018

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* DeadpanSnarker: The symbiote is equally as chatty and sarcastic as Spiderman and Deadpool.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The film's trailers didn't name her, though the September 2018 comic revealed her name as Dora Skirth.

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* BigBad: Dr. Carlton Drake funded the discovery of the symbiotes and is using them unlawfully on test subjects that could die as a result of the exposure.

* ObviouslyEvil: If the fact that he experiments on alien parasites wasn't enough of a clue, the second trailer has him ending the a TV interview once Eddie asks about his alleged deadly experiments rather than denying them. And then he [[UpToEleven threatens Eddie]].

-->'''Venom:''' Outstanding! ''[cheerfully]'' Now, let's bite all their heads off and pile them up in the corner!

-->''Venom Symbiote:'' Outstanding! ''[cheerfully]'' Now, let's bite all their heads off and pile them up in the corner!

-->''Venom Symbiote:''' Outstanding! ''[cheerfully]'' Now, let's bite all their heads off and pile them up in the corner!

* AdaptationalHeroism: Prior to obtaining the symbiote, Eddie lightly chides his girlfriend for working for an evil person and tries to bring up the allegations about Carlton Drake performing life-threatening experiments on vulnerable people during an interview. After obtaining the symbiote, he explicitly forbids the symbiote from hurting innocents. While Eddie in the comics does share his movie counterpart's desire to protect innocent people, he indulged in a few unethical practices, was by his own admission not a particularly nice person and DependingOnTheWriter, Venom's villainy was all Eddie's fault as his rage corrupted the symbiote.

* BrutalHonesty: The first trailer establishes him as someone who doesn't hold his opinions back. In an interesting way, it's used to establish him as a good person, as he bluntly challenges the BigBad, Carlton Drake, making it clear that he knows Drake is performing life threatening experiments. More humorously, he outright says to the Life Foundation employee who's following him that she sucks at being discreet.

* IntrepidReporter: Eddie Brock is an investigative journalist whose desire to "do [his] job" saw him disgraced and run out of New York. In an interview with Dr. Carlton Drake, he goes off-script to ask him about allegations that the Life Foundation is conducting illicit human experiments -- putting him at odds with his wife Anne Weying, whose lawfirm represents Dr. Carlton Drake. Eddie being contacted by a disgruntled employee, digging into the Life Foundation's dark secrets, and accidentally acquiring one of their symbiotes puts him in their sights as a threat.

* ImmuneToBullets: Bullets are an annoyance to it.

* ToServeMan: The symbiote frequently threatens to eat criminals, and actually does so.

* WeaksauceWeakness: The tie-in comic reveals that the symbiote is vulnerable to and afraid of fire.

An investigative reporter looking into the Life Foundation's unethical experiments. Through a series of accidents, he becomes the host of the Venom symbiote.

* IntrepidReporter: Eddie Brock is an investigative journalist asked to look into the Life Foundation by one of its employees -- putting him at odds with his wife Anne Weying, whose lawfirm represents Dr. Carlton Drake. Eddie digging into the Life Foundation's dark secrets puts him in their sights as a threat.

* OohMeAccentsSlipping: You can hear Tom Hardy's English accent break through his narration at times, specifically on "own" and "issues." It slips even further in the full trailer, with lines "the guy you work for is an evil person" just coming out as a weird mishmash...[[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent thing]].

* ThrowingOutTheScript: The incident that cost Eddie his job as a reporter was that he was supposed to interview Dr. Carlton Drake about their new space probe... but instead threw the script out the window and started grilling him about allegations that the Life Foundations was conducting unethical experiments.

A black sentient alien substance found by the Life Foundation. Eddie Brock accidentally bonds with it.

* CompositeCharacter: Riot usually stuck to shapeshifting to smashing weapons like hammers or maces in the comics. Here he seems to prefer blades and claws as well as growing spikes on his back, all traits from his sibling Phage.

* TaintedVeins: While it lacks the spider chest and back symbols of its comic book counterpart, the symbiote has prominent white veins on its chest and arms.

* LargeRunt: Despite - when fully manifested - standing at nearly nine feet tall, the Venom symbiote is described as the runt of its kind and lacks the awesome shapeshifting powers that make the other symbiotes stand out.

-->'''Eddie:''' If you're going to stay, you will only hurt bad people.

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* BladeBelowTheShoulder: As Riot, he can transform his arms into bladed weapons.

* MonstrousHumanoid: As Riot, Dr. Drake is a towering, bulky humanoid monster with viscous silvery-grey skin, large white eyespots, claws, a gaping maw full of fangs, and a long prehensile tongue. He can also shapeshift his limbs into bladed weapons.
* OneWingedAngel: The SDCC trailer reveals that he will bond with the Riot symbiote to combat Venom.

!! Supporting Characters

[[folder:Anne Weying]]
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->''"I don't work for him. My firm works for him. Are you gonna behave yourself tomorrow?"''

A lawyer employed by the Life Foundation. She is also Eddie's wife.

* TheConfidant: Eddie confides in her about the Venom symbiote, [[EvilMeScaresMe his concerns regarding its influence over him]], and that [[EvilFeelsGood he's starting to enjoy its power]].
* HelloAttorney: Anne is a lawyer whose firm is employed by Dr. Carlton Drake, which Eddie teasingly chides her over during a date.

[[folder:Dora Skirth]]
A disgruntled Life Foundation employee who informs Eddie about the Life Foundation's experimentation with symbiotes.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: The film's trailers didn't name her, though the September 2018 comic revealed her name.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: While the symbiote is still a monstrous AxCrazy entity, it ultimately has its host’s best interests at heart.

* NeckLift: Seems to have a preference to this.

* TruerToTheText: The look of Venom here compared to the ''Film/SpiderMan3'' version, as the symbiote acts more like a viscous liquid as opposed to a sticky, string-like creature and the head forms by first forming teeth around Eddie's head and going over it like it's eating him; he has a larger, more monstrous appearance, as well as the long tongue and tons of sharp teeth; and Venom uses plural terms to refer to himself.
* TheUnfettered: Like most parasitic organisms, it's concerned solely with its own survival and prosperity. Only the irritating fact that it needs its ''host'' to survive, too, restrains it. As the above quote implies, it may not even understand why it ''wouldn't'' do whatever occurs to it at any given moment

--> '''Venom:''' (to a robber) We will eat both your arms and then both of your legs and then we will eat your face right off your head. You will be this armless, legless, faceless thing, won’t you? Going down the street like a turd in the wind.

* GoodIsNotNice: While the symbiote may serve as the closest thing to an AntiHero, expect it to be vulgar, rude, and violent towards those [[TooDumbToLive stupid enough to get on its bad side.]]

* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: When fully manifested, the symbiote has multiple rows of needle-sharp fangs.

* ToThePain: