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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Kane and the Undertaker's gimmicks have usually been laced with various elements of the supernatural, which are particularly prominent when they feud. This makes absolutely no sense at all, but generally it's just accepted as part of the show.
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* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Kane and the Undertaker's gimmicks have usually been laced with various elements of the supernatural, which are particularly prominent when they feud. with both men using OffscreenTeleportation, PlayingWithFire, even sometimes CameBackWrong. This makes absolutely no sense at all, all and tends to become even more prominent when they feud, but generally it's just accepted as part of the show.
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* DesignatedHero: Kane often turns face by default only because the person he's feuding with just happens to be an even bigger heel. Certainly the most prominent (and questionable) example is his feud with Edge over Lita, in which is characterization would be summarized as "Vengeful, jilted rapist." And he was the hero...
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* CoolMaskCoolMask: The general consensus being that it should never [[DethroningMomentOfSuck have been removed]].
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* AbortedArc: The "May 19th" / "fake Kane" angle, and also the angle in which {{Lita}} left Kane for {{Edge}}, which was discontinued and effectively [[RetCon retconned]] once MattHardy returned and WWE could no longer keep it kayfabe.
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* AbortedArc: The "May 19th" / "fake Kane" angle, most confusing of all the myriad examples in Kane's career was that of the Imposter Kane, a mysterious figure wearing Kane's original costume who frequently interfered in his matches and also even defeated Kane in a PPV match. The Fake Kane was played up as a man of mystery from Kane's past and possibly his next ArchEnemy, but the angle in which {{Lita}} left provoked minimal fan reaction, so the Fake Kane for {{Edge}}, which was simply discarded without his identity ever revealed, and the whole thing is something of a {{BLAM}} now.
** His feud with {{Edge}} over {{Lita}}was discontinued and effectively [[RetCon retconned]] once MattHardy returned and WWE could no longer keep it kayfabe.
** His feud with {{Edge}} over {{Lita}}was discontinued and effectively [[RetCon retconned]] once MattHardy returned and WWE could no longer keep it kayfabe.
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** The Katie Vick [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited crush]] angle, the reason behind Kane's feud with TripleH in the fall of 2003. More or less, speeded up after near-universal negative criticism over several storyline elements. (Background: TripleH began, to play head games with Kane, began claiming that a homecoming queen-type teen-aged cheerleader named Katie Vick had died in a car accident ... and Kane, driving the car in which she was a passenger, deliberately crashed the car, all this because Katie had supposedly told a love-struck Kane she did not want to date him and wanted no further contact.) The plotline's downfall: A video was later shown, at TripleH's request, showing a man resembling Kane having sex with "Katie's corpse" at the mortuary (actually, "Katie" was a mannequin ... and TripleH was the rascal who put on the Kane mask and outfit). When the outcry was so great, the WWE was forced to end the angle, with HHH coming out on top of the feud at No Mercy that year.
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** The Katie Vick [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited crush]] angle, the reason behind Kane's feud with TripleH in the fall of 2003. More or less, speeded up after near-universal negative criticism over several storyline elements. (Background: TripleH began, to play head games with Kane, began claiming that a homecoming queen-type teen-aged cheerleader named Katie Vick had died in a car accident ... and Kane, driving the car in story was cut short, which she was rather a passenger, deliberately crashed the car, all this because Katie had supposedly told a love-struck Kane she did not want to date him mercy killing (for Jacobs and wanted no further contact.) The plotline's downfall: A video was later shown, at TripleH's request, showing a man resembling Kane having sex with "Katie's corpse" at the mortuary (actually, "Katie" was a mannequin ... and TripleH was the rascal who put on the Kane mask and outfit). When the outcry was so great, the WWE was forced to end the angle, with HHH coming out on top of the feud at No Mercy that year. for fans).
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** Also MarkHenry taking him out was promptly forgotten.
*** Actually this was acknowledged several times. MarkHenry was very fearful when Kane arrived and was relieved that he attacked JohnCena instead of him. The commentators themselves acknowledged this expressing confusion as to why Kane attacked Cena instead of Henry, as did Cena the following week in his promo. Apparently the only one who forgot about it was Kane himself.
**** Although, Kane could have during his time off, found a way to eradicate his humanity and find his true self, which he was trying to do prior to Henry's attack. When he had done that, he saw how Cena was living a lie with not embracing the hate, that came from the fans. Unlike MarkHenry that is angry all the time and does what he damn well pleases, Kane saw no need to go after him just then, and focused on Cena.
*** Actually this was acknowledged several times. MarkHenry was very fearful when Kane arrived and was relieved that he attacked JohnCena instead of him. The commentators themselves acknowledged this expressing confusion as to why Kane attacked Cena instead of Henry, as did Cena the following week in his promo. Apparently the only one who forgot about it was Kane himself.
**** Although, Kane could have during his time off, found a way to eradicate his humanity and find his true self, which he was trying to do prior to Henry's attack. When he had done that, he saw how Cena was living a lie with not embracing the hate, that came from the fans. Unlike MarkHenry that is angry all the time and does what he damn well pleases, Kane saw no need to go after him just then, and focused on Cena.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: An ongoing aspect to theme with Kane's character is his desire for a female companion and family. Perhaps the first hint of emotion Kane ever showed was his concern for {{Chyna}} after accidentally injuring her in 1999. Later he went so far as to blackmail {{Lita}} to bear his child and marry him, then harassed KellyKelly, and lately has been stalking EveTorres.
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* TookALevelInDumbass / PlotInducedStupidity: One angle he's revealing a massive IndyPloy XanatosRoulette to wait for weakness in his big brother so he can take advantage and destroy him, ending up as World Heavyweight Champion with Undertaker buried alive. The next he's faced with [[HeroicSociopath Edge]] kidnapping his father for a couple months, has Teddy Long standing before him at least 2-3 times, and doesn't even take enough time out of scrambling around in desperation to ''force Teddy to make Edge give Paul back by threatening to walk with the title''.
** Would you really expect somebody like Kane to do that, though?
** If he could mastermind taking the demonic seat of power from TheUndertaker, yes. And even if he didn't do that, there's still other options. Like raiding the home of then-injured {{Christian}} and threatening to destroy him.
** Would you really expect somebody like Kane to do that, though?
** If he could mastermind taking the demonic seat of power from TheUndertaker, yes. And even if he didn't do that, there's still other options. Like raiding the home of then-injured {{Christian}} and threatening to destroy him.
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* NoSell: Possibly the only man in wrestling history to no-sell a kiss. AJ leapt onto him and started going to town, and Kane, in response, stood there, motionless, even as she kissed him. Once she was done he said ScrewThisImOuttaHere and left the ring calmly without saying a word.
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* NoSell: Possibly the only man in wrestling history to no-sell a kiss. AJ leapt onto him and started going to town, and Kane, in response, stood there, motionless, even as she kissed him. Once she was done he said ScrewThisImOuttaHere ScrewThisImOuttaHere, tagged in DanielBryan, and left the ring calmly without saying a word.
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** Ironically, when AJ actually shows interest in him, he's completely befuddled as to what's going on.
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* ForegoneConclusion: It was pretty easy to guess who would win that first Inferno Match, given that Kane's (then) full-body costume could be padded and insulated to protect him from the flames (whereas the Undertaker's comparably skimpy ring gear would have left him seriously injured has he tried the same stunt).
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* EvilCounterpart: The gimmick started as a way to provide the ultimate credible threat to the Undertaker's face persona; a monster heel who looked and wrestled like the Undertaker, but was driven by sociopathic rage.
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** A book put out years ago by George Napolitano claims Undertaker was half humand and half vampire. So on this one YourMileageMayVary on whether or not Kane's related to a Zombie or a Dhampir.
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** A book put out years ago by George Napolitano claims Undertaker was half humand and half vampire. So on this one YourMileageMayVary on whether or not Kane's related to a Zombie or a Dhampir.
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* XanatosRoulette: Retcon into having everything he's done up to mid-2010 an IndyPloy version of this, all part of a revenge plan for over 10 years. Whether this makes him a MagnificentBastard or just an AssPull, YourMileageMayVary.
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* XanatosRoulette: Retcon into having everything he's done up to mid-2010 an IndyPloy version of this, all part of a revenge plan for over 10 years. Whether this makes him a MagnificentBastard or just an AssPull, YourMileageMayVary.
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* UnwittingPawn: Ended up in the middle of the [[CMPunk Punk]][=/=][[DanielBryan Bryan]] feud because each of them has used Kane's HairTriggerTemper to do damage against the other. Eventually Kane caught onto it and beat the hell out of ''both of them.''
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-->'''J.R.:''' A very complex man, is Kane.
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** When Kane cashed in the Money In The Bank briefcase against World Champion Rey Mysterio(one of the most popular wrestlers on the roster), he got a largely positive response to his title win. It was Kane's first major title win since his one-day WWE Title reign in *1998*(twelve years earlier).
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** When Kane cashed in the Money In The Bank briefcase against World Champion Rey Mysterio(one of the most popular wrestlers on the roster), he got a largely positive response to his title win. It was Kane's first major title win since his one-day WWE Title reign in *1998*(twelve ''1998'' (twelve years earlier).
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** Also due to the fact that it's hard to find a nicer wrestler outside the ring, and that he does not seem to have an ego in an ego-centric business. Like ShawnMichaels, he's stated he preferred the world title be held by younger guys who would carry the company in the future than a veteran like himself, who was already firmly entrenched in the company and fanbase (although his loyalty and popularity was finally rewarded with a world title run in the second half of 2010).
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** Also due to the fact that it's hard to find a nicer wrestler outside the ring, and that he does not seem to have an ego in an ego-centric business. Like ShawnMichaels, he's stated he preferred the world title be held by younger guys who would carry the company in the future than a veteran like himself, who was already firmly entrenched in the company and fanbase (although his loyalty and popularity was finally rewarded with a world title run in the second half of 2010). 2010).
** When Kane cashed in the Money In The Bank briefcase against World Champion Rey Mysterio(one of the most popular wrestlers on the roster), he got a largely positive response to his title win. It was Kane's first major title win since his one-day WWE Title reign in *1998*(twelve years earlier).
** When Kane cashed in the Money In The Bank briefcase against World Champion Rey Mysterio(one of the most popular wrestlers on the roster), he got a largely positive response to his title win. It was Kane's first major title win since his one-day WWE Title reign in *1998*(twelve years earlier).
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: His character and the way he's booked tend to make him this. As a heel in particular, he'll often show up completely without warning and either attack everyone in sight, or go after someone specific, only making his intentions known after the fact. He started his feud with JohnCena like this (especially glaring, as [[MarkHenry the guy who had put him out of action was right there in the ring]])...[[spoiler: ring]]). And given what happened then on the Smackdown 3/2/12 Smackdown, he may be starting started a feud with RandyOrton in the exact same way.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: An ongoing aspect to Kane's character is his desire for a female companion and family. Perhaps the first hint of emotion Kane ever showed was his concern for {{Chyna}} after accidentally injuring her in 1999. Later he went so far as to blackmail {{Lita}} to marry him, then harassed KellyKelly, and lately has been stalking EveTorres.
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** Although it's arguable that stalking Eve wasn't out of such desire, but merely part of his ploy to [[TheCorrupter break John Cena]].
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** The Katie Vick [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited crush]] angle, the reason behind Kane's feud with TripleH in the fall of 2003. More or less, speeded up after near-universal negative criticism over several storyline elements. (Background: TripleH began, to play head games with Kane, began claiming that a homecoming queen-type teen-aged cheerleader named Katie Vick had died in a car accident ... and Kane, driving the car in which she was a passenger, deliberately crashed the car, all this because Katie had supposedly told a love-struck Kane she did not want to date him and wanted no further contact.) The plotline's downfall: A video was later shown, at TripleH's request, showing a man resembling Kane having sex with "Katie's corpse" at the mortuary (actually, "Katie" was a mannequin ... and TripleH was the rascal who put on the Kane mask and outfit). When the outcry was so great, the WWE was forced to end the angle, with Kane soundly defeating TripleH in a subsequent match.
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For a detailed look at Kane's in-ring career, you can check out ThatOtherWiki; Kane's kayfabe history is a little more...convoluted...so in lieu of a Wikipedia article, instead you can check out [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/43819 this]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44102/ five]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44390 part]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44919 special]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/45180 column]] on 411mania that does its best to cover Kane's kayfabe history (it even works Glenn Jacobs' gimmicks prior to Kane into the kayfabe) up to 2006.
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For a detailed look at Kane's in-ring career, you can check out ThatOtherWiki; {{Wikipedia}}; Kane's kayfabe history is a little more...convoluted...so in lieu of a Wikipedia article, instead you can check out [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/43819 this]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44102/ five]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44390 part]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44919 special]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/45180 column]] on 411mania that does its best to cover Kane's kayfabe history (it even works Glenn Jacobs' gimmicks prior to Kane into the kayfabe) up to 2006.
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* CombatPragmatist: Most of Kane's strikes target the throat/windpipe. Also, on more than one occasion of an opponent trying to [[IHaveTheHighGround come off the top rope]], Kane simply kicks the ropes, and whoever happens to be on the turnbuckle at the time loses their footing...[[GroinAttack and usually lands very painfully.]]
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* DeathFromAbove: The setup for Kane's [[FinishingMove chokeslam]] usually involves a top-rope flying clothesline. Kane is [[TheGiant seven feet tall and]] ''[[TheGiant over 300 pounds.]]''
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'''Kane''' is one of {{WWE}}'s longest-tenured superstars, with the gimmick having debuted in 1997 (and the man behind the gimmick, Glenn Jacobs, having worked for WWE a number of times prior to the Kane gimmick); in {{Kayfabe}}, Kane is the half-brother of TheUndertaker, with Kane's father being Undertaker's (former) manager PaulBearer (the "Brothers of Destruction" shared the same mother). He was originally thought to be dead by Undertaker, in a fire that claimed the lives of their parents, before PaulBearer brought him back. Since their initial feud, Kane and Undertaker have both teamed up and feuded again several times. Kane originally wrestled in a mask, but removed it in 2003 (revealing his supposed physical scars from the fire were more like mental ones). As of late 2011, the mask is back on.
For a detailed look at Kane's in-ring career, you can check out ThatOtherWiki; Kane's kayfabe history is a little more...convoluted...so in lieu of a Wikipedia article, instead you can check out [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/43819 this]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44102/ five]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44390 part]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44919 special]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/45180 column]] on 411mania that does its best to cover Kane's kayfabe history (it even works Glenn Jacobs' gimmicks prior to Kane into the kayfabe) up to 2006.
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!!'''Tropes associated with Kane include:'''
* AbortedArc: The "May 19th" / "fake Kane" angle, and also the angle in which {{Lita}} left Kane for {{Edge}}, which was discontinued and effectively [[RetCon retconned]] once MattHardy returned and WWE could no longer keep it kayfabe.
** The Katie Vick [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited crush]] angle, the reason behind Kane's feud with TripleH in the fall of 2003. More or less, speeded up after near-universal negative criticism over several storyline elements. (Background: TripleH began, to play head games with Kane, began claiming that a homecoming queen-type teen-aged cheerleader named Katie Vick had died in a car accident ... and Kane, driving the car in which she was a passenger, deliberately crashed the car, all this because Katie had supposedly told a love-struck Kane she did not want to date him and wanted no further contact.) The plotline's downfall: A video was later shown, at TripleH's request, showing a man resembling Kane having sex with "Katie's corpse" at the mortuary (actually, "Katie" was a mannequin ... and TripleH was the rascal who put on the Kane mask and outfit). When the outcry was so great, the WWE was forced to end the angle, with Kane soundly defeating TripleH in a subsequent match.
** His 2010 feud with TheUndertaker was promptly forgotten so that Undertaker could fight TripleH at Wrestlemania.
** Also MarkHenry taking him out was promptly forgotten.
*** Actually this was acknowledged several times. MarkHenry was very fearful when Kane arrived and was relieved that he attacked JohnCena instead of him. The commentators themselves acknowledged this expressing confusion as to why Kane attacked Cena instead of Henry, as did Cena the following week in his promo. Apparently the only one who forgot about it was Kane himself.
**** Although, Kane could have during his time off, found a way to eradicate his humanity and find his true self, which he was trying to do prior to Henry's attack. When he had done that, he saw how Cena was living a lie with not embracing the hate, that came from the fans. Unlike MarkHenry that is angry all the time and does what he damn well pleases, Kane saw no need to go after him just then, and focused on Cena.
* ActorAllusion: You could take Kane's promo about how much he loves Christmas as a reference to his old role as the Christmas Creature.
** JohnCena once mentioned Kane gets uneasy during the holidays and hates trips to the dentist, a reference to two of his old gimmicks.
* AlmightyJanitor: One of the best men in the business, but often jobs for other wrestlers.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: He once forced Lita to marry him, after MattHardy lost a match that stipulated she would marry Kane if Hardy lost. It later became RapeIsLove briefly until, in a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, she dumped Kane for Edge, and it became an AbortedArc when MattHardy returned.
* ArchEnemy: TheUndertaker and TripleH most notably.
** {{Edge}} is another good contender. If not for his short lived tenure, Gene Snitsky would also qualify. What makes these four stand out is that while Kane is capable of making any feud he's in personal for his enemy, these guys made it personal for ''Kane''. For reference? Lower down on the page, under UnnecessaryRoughness? Electro-torturing Shane'o'Mac's testicles was in no way personal for Kane. He just did that for kicks.
** What about Pete Rose?
* TheArtifact: Like Undertaker, {{Wrestler/Kane}} is one of the last remaining remnants of a past era in WWE history - in Kane's case, it's the brutality of the AttitudeEra and the gimmicks of the Cartoony Era of the WWF in which TheUndertaker has his roots.
** He became an artifact as soon as Undertaker dropped his Deadman gimmick and his kayfabe and became a biker. However he was lucky enough to eventually find his niche even after that, though to do so BadassDecay ensued.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Kane has been involved in several ill-fated romance storylines with female wrestlers (e.g., Lita) or Divas (most notably, KellyKelly during a short-lived 2008 angle).
** In one instance, the girl didn't even have to exist -- that being the infamous "Katie Vick." See the AbortedArc entry for the background.
* AxCrazy
* BadassLonghair: With the mask on...
* BaldOfEvil: After unmasking in 2003. ''[[FacePalm Immediately]]'' after unmasking.
* BastardBastard: As Undertaker's evil, resentful half-brother, Kane is this (at least when he's a heel).
* BerserkButton: Kane has started feuds over the smallest things, such as when he got spilled coffee on him by ChrisJericho. May 19th qualifies as well.
* BigNo: Kane's reaction to PaulBearer's 2010 return.
** Although, [[spoiler:not all was as it seemed…]]
* TheBrute / TheBigGuy
* [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Teacher]]: Was once a high-school English teacher, has his degree in education, and once said he'd probably be teaching if he weren't a wrestler. Not to mention his political blogging.
* CainAndAbel / SiblingRivalry: Kane's rivalry with Undertaker.
* CanonDisContinuity: What's an "Isaac Yankem, D.D.S?" Nor was he the Fake Diesel. Nor was he the Christmas Creature in Memphis (didn't stop JerryLawler from making a snide reference to it once, and a more lighthearted allusion to it a few years later).
* CaptainErsatz: Prior to the Kane gimmick, Glenn Jacobs played a fake Diesel in a really drawn out TakeThat to {{WCW}}.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: In his prime, Glenn Jacobs had a deadlift of '''900 pounds'''.
* CoolMask
* CompositeCharacter: The 2012 re-masking of Kane seems to land somewhere at the midway point between his two main [[EraSpecificPersonality era-specific personalities:]] the [[GeniusBruiser intelligence]] and propensity for {{Hannibal Lecture}}s from the unmasked Kane combined with the violence and unpredictability from his mid-90s masked incarnation.
* ContinuitySnarl: Kane's entire backstory, which eventually resulted in a novel that painstakingly attempted to reconcile all of it.
** This failed. Spectacularly, as next to ''nothing''' of this backstory made any sense whatsoever nor was it referenced within the WWE's on-air continuity, and contained a few snarls of it's own, such as placing Kane and Taker in the midwest, when their parents (or in this case Kane and Taker's mother, as they have different fathers in the storyline) are supposedly buried on ''LONG ISLAND''.
* TheCorrupter: Kane is playing this role to JohnCena. By brutalizing Cena and his friends, he is trying to force Cena to give into his rage and hatred.
** And it seems to be working; Cena was about to clock Ryder in the face on the 2/13/12 RAW [[spoiler: after accidentally kissing EveTorres due to trying to save her from Kane taking her away in an ambulance.]]
* CostumeCopycat: Of his original gear, resulting in the odd booking of Kane VS Kane at a Vengeance PPV.
** TheUndertaker has also worn the original Kane outfit in an effort to fool [=McMahon=], and on an earlier occasion Kane fooled StoneColdSteveAustin by dressing as the [[MinistryOfDarkness Ministry]]-era Undertaker, but with his mask on.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He's the ([[NotQuiteDead not quite]]) [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little (Half-)Brother]] of TheUndertaker. That says it all, I think.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he does have a funny moment.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Inverted, as - unlike Undertaker - Kane practically exists to be defeated.
* TheDragon: Kane was used this way while a member of [[PowerStable The Corporation]], which he had been forced to join in order to avoid being sent to a mental institution.
* EnemyMine: Had been working mostly as a heel in late 2010-early 2011, but teamed up with TheBigShow to face the growing threat of TheCorre.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He pulled TheBigShow off of AlbertoDelRio as he was giving Alberto a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, saying "You're going to kill him!"
* EvilLaugh
* FacepalmOfDoom: Does this to JohnCena recently.
* FaceNodAction: In pretty much every battle royale he's ever been in, Kane and the other biggest man in the match will lay everyone else out, square off against each other, nod, and throw down one on one. Whether or not he wins depends on who has more PopularityPower.
* FingerlessGloves: Only wears one in his right hand. Recently returned to the full-fingered glove he wore when he first appeared in the company in the gimmick.
* FinishingMove: Like his half-brother, Kane's chief finishers are the Chokeslam and the Tombstone Piledriver.
* FoeYay: With TheBigShow ("You complete me"), RobVanDam, [[IncestSubtext his own brother]], ReyMysterioJr...Kane's an intense guy, and when he's teaming with them, he has straight up HoYay.
* TheGiant: Though he subverts a lot of the tropes, namely being actually able to wrestle and having charisma, he really is a charismatic performer with a gimmick beyond SquashMatch and NoSell. It is hard to come up with another 7-footer in wrestling history with equal mic skills as Kane; this may be in part because he is a GeniusBruiser in real life.
** Really the only other Wrestler on the same level as him is TheUndertaker, and on good days, TheBigShow.
* GeniusBruiser: He holds a teaching degree in real life, and has said that he'd be a teacher if he weren't a wrestler. The ability to be well-spoken allows him to be a rare 7-footer who can handily carry a long promo on his own with the best of them.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: His character and the way he's booked tend to make him this. As a heel in particular, he'll often show up completely without warning and either attack everyone in sight, or go after someone specific, only making his intentions known after the fact. He started his feud with JohnCena like this (especially glaring, as [[MarkHenry the guy who had put him out of action was right there in the ring]])...[[spoiler: And given what happened on the 3/2/12 Smackdown, he may be starting a feud with RandyOrton in the exact same way.
* HannibalLecture: His new promo after returning with his mask.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Must be nearing the record of flipping between face and heel in a career, if he doesn't hold it already. It's to the point where he switches multiple times a year, often without even building to it.
** This has reached ludicrous levels as of March 2011, he did nothing to turn face... but gets cheered by the fans because not only is he teaming with TheBigShow, but he is fighting TheCorre.
** The 7/22/11 ''[[WWESmackdown [=SmackDown=]]]'' pretty much sums it up. Before his Street Fight with RandyOrton, Kane cuts a promo talking about how he is disturbed by his showing glimpses of humanity in the past few months and that he was going to exorcise it out of him against Orton. Sounds like a heel turn, right? Well, after Orton triumphs in a half-hour-long Street Fight, Kane offers his hand out of respect. [Surely, Kane's gonna use the opportunity to get a post-match drop on Orton, right? Nope, he actually shakes his hand in a sportsmanlike manner with no turn to be found, before being ambushed by MarkHenry, another man familiar with the face/heel door.
* HeroicSociopath
* HumansAreBastards: His feud with JohnCena is centered around him teaching Cena this lesson, and how he should come to embrace ThePowerOfHate.
* IronButtmonkey: He can dish out and take grievous amounts of punishment. Throughout his career, he's been written into some of the worst angles in recent WWE history. Katie Vick comes to mind.
* HumanityIsInfectious: Felt he became too human in 2011 and thought by beating RandyOrton, he would exorcise his humanity. Only he lost to Orton and then was taken out by MarkHenry for a number of months. He now wants a rematch with Orton at [[WrestleMania the grandest stage of them all]] to get a closure on that particular subject.
* IHaveNoSon: PaulBearer has disowned Kane for the most part, siding against him at ''WrestleMania XX''; when he returned in September 2010 prior to ''Hell in a Cell'', he sided with Undertaker again. [[spoiler: This, however, did not last. Maybe he sees Kane as his son after all.]]
-->Son? You're no son of mine!
* ImplacableMan
* KillItWithFire: The Inferno match, Kane's signature match where the only way to beat your opponent is to set them on fire.
** Either he tried to do this to someone, or someone tried to do it to ''him'' in his original backstory.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Has red motifs. If that's not enough, look at his "[[IncrediblyLamePun Big]]" {{Red Baron}}s below.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In most backstage skits, the wrestlers will never acknowledge that the camera man is right in front of them filming them, even if they're discussing top secret plans. Kane is the exception, usually giving a knowing glare to the camera at the end of the skits.
** He now does most of his promos without an interviewer, backstage in a dark, moodily-lit area and talking directly to the audience.
* LightningBruiser: Especially when you compare to other [[TheGiant giants]], Kane has a top rope move, has done an enzuigiri, and has an awesome ring exit where he uses the ropes to flip himself over, pretty impressive for such a big guy, he's even added a low angle dropkick, to his repertoire. Keep in mind all of that is in his arsenal at age 44, being in terrific shape for a wrestler that size and that age (compared to TheUndertaker, who at that point couldn't even work a half-time schedule, while Kane still works a full year-round load).
** Not to mention the time he performed a Frankensteiner on Albert.
*** Hurri-Kane-rana?
* MadeOfIron
* MalevolentMaskedMan: What Kane debuted as and later returned nearly a decade later.
* ManlyTears: After Edge abducted PaulBearer, and Kane searched backstage for him in vain. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Poor guy.]]
* ManOnFire: Kane doesn't have the best win/loss record when it comes to Inferno Matches.
** To be fair, that's mainly because he's the only person besides TheUndertaker (who defeated Kane both times) who's actually been in more than one of them.
** He also used to wear ''sleeves.''
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Kane is usually regarded as one of these. Fan interaction with him is considered the holy grail of meeting professional wrestlers among [[SmartMark smarks]].
* MilitaryBrat
* MirrorMatch: At ''Vengeance 2006'' against an impostor who dressed like the masked Kane (the impostor later showed up in WWE as Festus, who is now Luke Gallows). It became an AbortedArc.
* MismatchedEyes
* MotiveRant: Gave one after burying Undertaker alive in 2003, and putting Undertaker in a vegetative state in 2010. Though they're considered two of his best promos.
* NameOfCain
* OhCrap: When that big stage pyro goes off, Kane's coming to the ring - and whenever this happens, he is usually ''not a happy man''.
* OminousPipeOrgan: Kane's instrumental themes all started with this.
* OmnicidalManiac: If Kane's a heel and comes down to the ring to kick some ass, never, ''ever'' assume that you're safe because you're a heel like him. '''You will regret it.'''
* OneOfUs: Is regarded as one of the biggest gamers on the WWE roster. Stevie Richards said that during his time he roomed with Kane on the road, Kane would bring his XBOX to every hotel he was at. He even modded a Civil War FPS he was playing to make his avatar [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome don the Kane costume.]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're big sadistic monsters that are related to zombies.
** A book put out years ago by George Napolitano claims Undertaker was half humand and half vampire. So on this one YourMileageMayVary on whether or not Kane's related to a Zombie or a Dhampir.
* OutOfTheInferno: Kane was alleged to have started - and survived - the funeral home fire that killed his and Undertaker's parents, though this resulted in his face being radically scarred (or so he thought). He also managed to survive getting set on fire in the first-ever Inferno Match.
* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: He was originally intended to have this, being scarred by the fire that killed his family, but the makeup didn't work out when the mask came off, so now he just has the psychological ones.
* PlayingWithFire: His ring pyro is ''amazing''. Not only does half the arena light up in flames during the initial entrance, he lights up the four turnbuckles on the ring, too.
* PopularityPower: Despite not being as popular as Undertaker, Kane remains respected amongst fans, likely due in part to his association with Undertaker (and, in some circles, because of his "company man" image - in that he takes the crappiest angles and runs with them, without complaint, for the good of WWE).
** Also due to the fact that it's hard to find a nicer wrestler outside the ring, and that he does not seem to have an ego in an ego-centric business. Like ShawnMichaels, he's stated he preferred the world title be held by younger guys who would carry the company in the future than a veteran like himself, who was already firmly entrenched in the company and fanbase (although his loyalty and popularity was finally rewarded with a world title run in the second half of 2010).
* ThePowerOfHate: His new gimmick in late 2011
* PutOnABus: By MarkHenry.
** TheBusCameBack: [[CoolMask Wearing]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced a mask.]]
* QuizzicalTilt: Kane commonly did this while mute and wearing a mask.
* RecurringRiff: In '97, he first appeared as Kane with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKBE0nxKixQ&fmt=18 this theme]]. Said theme was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9brxkxepU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL updated in 2000]], with the tune completely retained. In 2002, when he switched to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLrkKW1jcRk Finger Eleven's Slow Chemical]], which again, kept the same tune. He kept this as his theme until late 2008. So that's [[LongRunners eleven years of that riff recurring]].
** His 2008 theme, "Man on Fire", still retained elements from his original theme though, but without the guitar riff.
** The guitar riffs however returned with the re-masking in 2011, by [[ThemeMusicPowerUp mixing it back into "Man on Fire"]].
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* RedBaron: [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority The Big Red]] Machine / Monster and, recently, The Devil's Favorite Demon.
* RedemptionDemotion: He was never quite as threatening as a face. While his initial face run as WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds was still threatening and believable on some level, as time went on ItGotWorse, to the point where he could tag team with The Hurricane and actually fit right in.
** Although he arguably had his strongest push (prior to his 2010 title run) while he was a babyface in 2002; he held the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles simultaneously, winning the latter in a Fatal Four-Way Tornado Tag TLC match...''without a partner''' (The Hurricane had been attacked backstage before the match). Then the Katie Vick angle happened, and well...
* RedFilterOfDoom: His entrance, in which the lights in the arena go red. Notably, when he first debuted the lights would stay red for the entirety of his matches. Sometimes when he's backstage he's still accompanied by red lighting.
** Since the return of the mask, his promos have all had the red lighting remain on, until he gets interrupted by someone.
* RyuAndKen: Being kayfabe brothers, Kane and TheUndertaker are of the same basic build and use a lot of the same moves. This was especially true during the late 90's when Kane was pretty much Undertaker with a mask and fire fetish.
* SlasherSmile: If he's a heel, you might be ''more'' screwed if he's wearing one of these than if he's scowling.
* StalkerWithACrush: During the storyline where he forced {{Lita}} to marry him and give birth to his child.
** Again with KellyKelly, as a ''face'', some how (mainly because the guy she was really interested in was [[CompleteMonster Randy Orton]], though this became an AbortedArc.
* SuddenlyVoiced: He debuted as mute, later was able to talk through a voice box, and later still was able to use his voice without any trouble at all.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TookALevelInDumbass / PlotInducedStupidity: One angle he's revealing a massive IndyPloy XanatosRoulette to wait for weakness in his big brother so he can take advantage and destroy him, ending up as World Heavyweight Champion with Undertaker buried alive. The next he's faced with [[HeroicSociopath Edge]] kidnapping his father for a couple months, has Teddy Long standing before him at least 2-3 times, and doesn't even take enough time out of scrambling around in desperation to ''force Teddy to make Edge give Paul back by threatening to walk with the title''.
** Would you really expect somebody like Kane to do that, though?
** If he could mastermind taking the demonic seat of power from TheUndertaker, yes. And even if he didn't do that, there's still other options. Like raiding the home of then-injured {{Christian}} and threatening to destroy him.
* {{Understatement}}: [[JimRoss J.R.]] once said;
-->'''J.R.:''' A very complex man, is Kane.
* UnnecessaryRoughness: Kane seemingly loves this trope, and is usually on the giving end of said Roughness. One time, he handcuffed ShaneMcMahon to a ring post, trapped him against the ring using the ring steps, and ''electrocuted Shane's testicles with a car battery''. [[ShareTheMalePain Guys, you can whimper now.]]
** He's used a rather subdued, but brutal method of incapacitating JohnCena in their 2012 feud; he holds his hand over Cena's mouth and nose, suffocating him. While it doesn't look to bad to the untrained eye, for those that recognize it as an ''actual method of murder'' can find it somewhat disturbing.
*** The first time or two, they used some Hollywood FX to have John [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]] the first time or two it happened. Apparently that was a bit too realistic and there were enough complaints that the fake blood (but not the hold) was dropped afterwards.
* UnrelatedBrothers: While half-brothers in kayfabe, TheUndertaker and Kane are not related in real life.
* VillainsOutShopping: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhpjSNfUM1I His Stacker 2 commercials.]] The aforementioned Chef Boyardee commercial probably also counts.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Kane and TheUndertaker, who have both feuded and teamed up with each other at various times since 1997.
** He also has this kind of thing going on with TheBigShow.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Particularly after PaulBearer abandoned him to rejoin Undertaker in 1998 and attempted to have him committed to an insane assylum, Kane's character was portrayed as this. He's also done a promo about how much he loves the holidays and his family, he even said he wasn't a monster and that he's tired of being seen as an outsider, and the audience booed the entire thing, really puts his angle with {{Edge}} in a new light.
** To be frank, they booed the whole thing because they'd just seen him declare himself [[{{Satan}} the Devil]]'s Favorite Demon while usurping Undertaker's power over the last few months, so they probably didn't believe any of it.
* TheWorfEffect
* WouldHitAGirl: He once gave Linda [=McMahon=] a Tombstone Piledriver onto the stage.
** And then about a couple years later, he did it to Lita.
** Came close to doing this to KellyKelly during a short-lived 2008 angle, whom he thought was flirting with him. He kidnapped her and sequestered her to a back room to interrogate her as to who she was seeing, she claimed she was with TheMiz, in order to protect RandyOrton, who in actually was only using her. The angle didn't go anywhere beyond a match on [[WWERaw Raw]].
** As of 2012, not much has changed. Kane has made moves for EveTorres on a couple of occasions, but WWE being [[LighterAndSofter PG]], someone always showed up to rescue her at the last moment.
** During the AttitudeEra, he attacked Tori and {{Chyna}}.
* XanatosRoulette: Retcon into having everything he's done up to mid-2010 an IndyPloy version of this, all part of a revenge plan for over 10 years. Whether this makes him a MagnificentBastard or just an AssPull, YourMileageMayVary.
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'''Kane''' is one of {{WWE}}'s longest-tenured superstars, with the gimmick having debuted in 1997 (and the man behind the gimmick, Glenn Jacobs, having worked for WWE a number of times prior to the Kane gimmick); in {{Kayfabe}}, Kane is the half-brother of TheUndertaker, with Kane's father being Undertaker's (former) manager PaulBearer (the "Brothers of Destruction" shared the same mother). He was originally thought to be dead by Undertaker, in a fire that claimed the lives of their parents, before PaulBearer brought him back. Since their initial feud, Kane and Undertaker have both teamed up and feuded again several times. Kane originally wrestled in a mask, but removed it in 2003 (revealing his supposed physical scars from the fire were more like mental ones). As of late 2011, the mask is back on.
For a detailed look at Kane's in-ring career, you can check out ThatOtherWiki; Kane's kayfabe history is a little more...convoluted...so in lieu of a Wikipedia article, instead you can check out [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/43819 this]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44102/ five]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44390 part]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/44919 special]] [[http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/columns/45180 column]] on 411mania that does its best to cover Kane's kayfabe history (it even works Glenn Jacobs' gimmicks prior to Kane into the kayfabe) up to 2006.
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!!'''Tropes associated with Kane include:'''
* AbortedArc: The "May 19th" / "fake Kane" angle, and also the angle in which {{Lita}} left Kane for {{Edge}}, which was discontinued and effectively [[RetCon retconned]] once MattHardy returned and WWE could no longer keep it kayfabe.
** The Katie Vick [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited crush]] angle, the reason behind Kane's feud with TripleH in the fall of 2003. More or less, speeded up after near-universal negative criticism over several storyline elements. (Background: TripleH began, to play head games with Kane, began claiming that a homecoming queen-type teen-aged cheerleader named Katie Vick had died in a car accident ... and Kane, driving the car in which she was a passenger, deliberately crashed the car, all this because Katie had supposedly told a love-struck Kane she did not want to date him and wanted no further contact.) The plotline's downfall: A video was later shown, at TripleH's request, showing a man resembling Kane having sex with "Katie's corpse" at the mortuary (actually, "Katie" was a mannequin ... and TripleH was the rascal who put on the Kane mask and outfit). When the outcry was so great, the WWE was forced to end the angle, with Kane soundly defeating TripleH in a subsequent match.
** His 2010 feud with TheUndertaker was promptly forgotten so that Undertaker could fight TripleH at Wrestlemania.
** Also MarkHenry taking him out was promptly forgotten.
*** Actually this was acknowledged several times. MarkHenry was very fearful when Kane arrived and was relieved that he attacked JohnCena instead of him. The commentators themselves acknowledged this expressing confusion as to why Kane attacked Cena instead of Henry, as did Cena the following week in his promo. Apparently the only one who forgot about it was Kane himself.
**** Although, Kane could have during his time off, found a way to eradicate his humanity and find his true self, which he was trying to do prior to Henry's attack. When he had done that, he saw how Cena was living a lie with not embracing the hate, that came from the fans. Unlike MarkHenry that is angry all the time and does what he damn well pleases, Kane saw no need to go after him just then, and focused on Cena.
* ActorAllusion: You could take Kane's promo about how much he loves Christmas as a reference to his old role as the Christmas Creature.
** JohnCena once mentioned Kane gets uneasy during the holidays and hates trips to the dentist, a reference to two of his old gimmicks.
* AlmightyJanitor: One of the best men in the business, but often jobs for other wrestlers.
* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: He once forced Lita to marry him, after MattHardy lost a match that stipulated she would marry Kane if Hardy lost. It later became RapeIsLove briefly until, in a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, she dumped Kane for Edge, and it became an AbortedArc when MattHardy returned.
* ArchEnemy: TheUndertaker and TripleH most notably.
** {{Edge}} is another good contender. If not for his short lived tenure, Gene Snitsky would also qualify. What makes these four stand out is that while Kane is capable of making any feud he's in personal for his enemy, these guys made it personal for ''Kane''. For reference? Lower down on the page, under UnnecessaryRoughness? Electro-torturing Shane'o'Mac's testicles was in no way personal for Kane. He just did that for kicks.
** What about Pete Rose?
* TheArtifact: Like Undertaker, {{Wrestler/Kane}} is one of the last remaining remnants of a past era in WWE history - in Kane's case, it's the brutality of the AttitudeEra and the gimmicks of the Cartoony Era of the WWF in which TheUndertaker has his roots.
** He became an artifact as soon as Undertaker dropped his Deadman gimmick and his kayfabe and became a biker. However he was lucky enough to eventually find his niche even after that, though to do so BadassDecay ensued.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Kane has been involved in several ill-fated romance storylines with female wrestlers (e.g., Lita) or Divas (most notably, KellyKelly during a short-lived 2008 angle).
** In one instance, the girl didn't even have to exist -- that being the infamous "Katie Vick." See the AbortedArc entry for the background.
* AxCrazy
* BadassLonghair: With the mask on...
* BaldOfEvil: After unmasking in 2003. ''[[FacePalm Immediately]]'' after unmasking.
* BastardBastard: As Undertaker's evil, resentful half-brother, Kane is this (at least when he's a heel).
* BerserkButton: Kane has started feuds over the smallest things, such as when he got spilled coffee on him by ChrisJericho. May 19th qualifies as well.
* BigNo: Kane's reaction to PaulBearer's 2010 return.
** Although, [[spoiler:not all was as it seemed…]]
* TheBrute / TheBigGuy
* [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Teacher]]: Was once a high-school English teacher, has his degree in education, and once said he'd probably be teaching if he weren't a wrestler. Not to mention his political blogging.
* CainAndAbel / SiblingRivalry: Kane's rivalry with Undertaker.
* CanonDisContinuity: What's an "Isaac Yankem, D.D.S?" Nor was he the Fake Diesel. Nor was he the Christmas Creature in Memphis (didn't stop JerryLawler from making a snide reference to it once, and a more lighthearted allusion to it a few years later).
* CaptainErsatz: Prior to the Kane gimmick, Glenn Jacobs played a fake Diesel in a really drawn out TakeThat to {{WCW}}.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: In his prime, Glenn Jacobs had a deadlift of '''900 pounds'''.
* CoolMask
* CompositeCharacter: The 2012 re-masking of Kane seems to land somewhere at the midway point between his two main [[EraSpecificPersonality era-specific personalities:]] the [[GeniusBruiser intelligence]] and propensity for {{Hannibal Lecture}}s from the unmasked Kane combined with the violence and unpredictability from his mid-90s masked incarnation.
* ContinuitySnarl: Kane's entire backstory, which eventually resulted in a novel that painstakingly attempted to reconcile all of it.
** This failed. Spectacularly, as next to ''nothing''' of this backstory made any sense whatsoever nor was it referenced within the WWE's on-air continuity, and contained a few snarls of it's own, such as placing Kane and Taker in the midwest, when their parents (or in this case Kane and Taker's mother, as they have different fathers in the storyline) are supposedly buried on ''LONG ISLAND''.
* TheCorrupter: Kane is playing this role to JohnCena. By brutalizing Cena and his friends, he is trying to force Cena to give into his rage and hatred.
** And it seems to be working; Cena was about to clock Ryder in the face on the 2/13/12 RAW [[spoiler: after accidentally kissing EveTorres due to trying to save her from Kane taking her away in an ambulance.]]
* CostumeCopycat: Of his original gear, resulting in the odd booking of Kane VS Kane at a Vengeance PPV.
** TheUndertaker has also worn the original Kane outfit in an effort to fool [=McMahon=], and on an earlier occasion Kane fooled StoneColdSteveAustin by dressing as the [[MinistryOfDarkness Ministry]]-era Undertaker, but with his mask on.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He's the ([[NotQuiteDead not quite]]) [[DeadLittleSister Dead Little (Half-)Brother]] of TheUndertaker. That says it all, I think.
* DeadpanSnarker: Whenever he does have a funny moment.
* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Inverted, as - unlike Undertaker - Kane practically exists to be defeated.
* TheDragon: Kane was used this way while a member of [[PowerStable The Corporation]], which he had been forced to join in order to avoid being sent to a mental institution.
* EnemyMine: Had been working mostly as a heel in late 2010-early 2011, but teamed up with TheBigShow to face the growing threat of TheCorre.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He pulled TheBigShow off of AlbertoDelRio as he was giving Alberto a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, saying "You're going to kill him!"
* EvilLaugh
* FacepalmOfDoom: Does this to JohnCena recently.
* FaceNodAction: In pretty much every battle royale he's ever been in, Kane and the other biggest man in the match will lay everyone else out, square off against each other, nod, and throw down one on one. Whether or not he wins depends on who has more PopularityPower.
* FingerlessGloves: Only wears one in his right hand. Recently returned to the full-fingered glove he wore when he first appeared in the company in the gimmick.
* FinishingMove: Like his half-brother, Kane's chief finishers are the Chokeslam and the Tombstone Piledriver.
* FoeYay: With TheBigShow ("You complete me"), RobVanDam, [[IncestSubtext his own brother]], ReyMysterioJr...Kane's an intense guy, and when he's teaming with them, he has straight up HoYay.
* TheGiant: Though he subverts a lot of the tropes, namely being actually able to wrestle and having charisma, he really is a charismatic performer with a gimmick beyond SquashMatch and NoSell. It is hard to come up with another 7-footer in wrestling history with equal mic skills as Kane; this may be in part because he is a GeniusBruiser in real life.
** Really the only other Wrestler on the same level as him is TheUndertaker, and on good days, TheBigShow.
* GeniusBruiser: He holds a teaching degree in real life, and has said that he'd be a teacher if he weren't a wrestler. The ability to be well-spoken allows him to be a rare 7-footer who can handily carry a long promo on his own with the best of them.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: His character and the way he's booked tend to make him this. As a heel in particular, he'll often show up completely without warning and either attack everyone in sight, or go after someone specific, only making his intentions known after the fact. He started his feud with JohnCena like this (especially glaring, as [[MarkHenry the guy who had put him out of action was right there in the ring]])...[[spoiler: And given what happened on the 3/2/12 Smackdown, he may be starting a feud with RandyOrton in the exact same way.
* HannibalLecture: His new promo after returning with his mask.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Must be nearing the record of flipping between face and heel in a career, if he doesn't hold it already. It's to the point where he switches multiple times a year, often without even building to it.
** This has reached ludicrous levels as of March 2011, he did nothing to turn face... but gets cheered by the fans because not only is he teaming with TheBigShow, but he is fighting TheCorre.
** The 7/22/11 ''[[WWESmackdown [=SmackDown=]]]'' pretty much sums it up. Before his Street Fight with RandyOrton, Kane cuts a promo talking about how he is disturbed by his showing glimpses of humanity in the past few months and that he was going to exorcise it out of him against Orton. Sounds like a heel turn, right? Well, after Orton triumphs in a half-hour-long Street Fight, Kane offers his hand out of respect. [Surely, Kane's gonna use the opportunity to get a post-match drop on Orton, right? Nope, he actually shakes his hand in a sportsmanlike manner with no turn to be found, before being ambushed by MarkHenry, another man familiar with the face/heel door.
* HeroicSociopath
* HumansAreBastards: His feud with JohnCena is centered around him teaching Cena this lesson, and how he should come to embrace ThePowerOfHate.
* IronButtmonkey: He can dish out and take grievous amounts of punishment. Throughout his career, he's been written into some of the worst angles in recent WWE history. Katie Vick comes to mind.
* HumanityIsInfectious: Felt he became too human in 2011 and thought by beating RandyOrton, he would exorcise his humanity. Only he lost to Orton and then was taken out by MarkHenry for a number of months. He now wants a rematch with Orton at [[WrestleMania the grandest stage of them all]] to get a closure on that particular subject.
* IHaveNoSon: PaulBearer has disowned Kane for the most part, siding against him at ''WrestleMania XX''; when he returned in September 2010 prior to ''Hell in a Cell'', he sided with Undertaker again. [[spoiler: This, however, did not last. Maybe he sees Kane as his son after all.]]
-->Son? You're no son of mine!
* ImplacableMan
* KillItWithFire: The Inferno match, Kane's signature match where the only way to beat your opponent is to set them on fire.
** Either he tried to do this to someone, or someone tried to do it to ''him'' in his original backstory.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Has red motifs. If that's not enough, look at his "[[IncrediblyLamePun Big]]" {{Red Baron}}s below.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In most backstage skits, the wrestlers will never acknowledge that the camera man is right in front of them filming them, even if they're discussing top secret plans. Kane is the exception, usually giving a knowing glare to the camera at the end of the skits.
** He now does most of his promos without an interviewer, backstage in a dark, moodily-lit area and talking directly to the audience.
* LightningBruiser: Especially when you compare to other [[TheGiant giants]], Kane has a top rope move, has done an enzuigiri, and has an awesome ring exit where he uses the ropes to flip himself over, pretty impressive for such a big guy, he's even added a low angle dropkick, to his repertoire. Keep in mind all of that is in his arsenal at age 44, being in terrific shape for a wrestler that size and that age (compared to TheUndertaker, who at that point couldn't even work a half-time schedule, while Kane still works a full year-round load).
** Not to mention the time he performed a Frankensteiner on Albert.
*** Hurri-Kane-rana?
* MadeOfIron
* MalevolentMaskedMan: What Kane debuted as and later returned nearly a decade later.
* ManlyTears: After Edge abducted PaulBearer, and Kane searched backstage for him in vain. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Poor guy.]]
* ManOnFire: Kane doesn't have the best win/loss record when it comes to Inferno Matches.
** To be fair, that's mainly because he's the only person besides TheUndertaker (who defeated Kane both times) who's actually been in more than one of them.
** He also used to wear ''sleeves.''
* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Kane is usually regarded as one of these. Fan interaction with him is considered the holy grail of meeting professional wrestlers among [[SmartMark smarks]].
* MilitaryBrat
* MirrorMatch: At ''Vengeance 2006'' against an impostor who dressed like the masked Kane (the impostor later showed up in WWE as Festus, who is now Luke Gallows). It became an AbortedArc.
* MismatchedEyes
* MotiveRant: Gave one after burying Undertaker alive in 2003, and putting Undertaker in a vegetative state in 2010. Though they're considered two of his best promos.
* NameOfCain
* OhCrap: When that big stage pyro goes off, Kane's coming to the ring - and whenever this happens, he is usually ''not a happy man''.
* OminousPipeOrgan: Kane's instrumental themes all started with this.
* OmnicidalManiac: If Kane's a heel and comes down to the ring to kick some ass, never, ''ever'' assume that you're safe because you're a heel like him. '''You will regret it.'''
* OneOfUs: Is regarded as one of the biggest gamers on the WWE roster. Stevie Richards said that during his time he roomed with Kane on the road, Kane would bring his XBOX to every hotel he was at. He even modded a Civil War FPS he was playing to make his avatar [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome don the Kane costume.]]
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They're big sadistic monsters that are related to zombies.
** A book put out years ago by George Napolitano claims Undertaker was half humand and half vampire. So on this one YourMileageMayVary on whether or not Kane's related to a Zombie or a Dhampir.
* OutOfTheInferno: Kane was alleged to have started - and survived - the funeral home fire that killed his and Undertaker's parents, though this resulted in his face being radically scarred (or so he thought). He also managed to survive getting set on fire in the first-ever Inferno Match.
* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: He was originally intended to have this, being scarred by the fire that killed his family, but the makeup didn't work out when the mask came off, so now he just has the psychological ones.
* PlayingWithFire: His ring pyro is ''amazing''. Not only does half the arena light up in flames during the initial entrance, he lights up the four turnbuckles on the ring, too.
* PopularityPower: Despite not being as popular as Undertaker, Kane remains respected amongst fans, likely due in part to his association with Undertaker (and, in some circles, because of his "company man" image - in that he takes the crappiest angles and runs with them, without complaint, for the good of WWE).
** Also due to the fact that it's hard to find a nicer wrestler outside the ring, and that he does not seem to have an ego in an ego-centric business. Like ShawnMichaels, he's stated he preferred the world title be held by younger guys who would carry the company in the future than a veteran like himself, who was already firmly entrenched in the company and fanbase (although his loyalty and popularity was finally rewarded with a world title run in the second half of 2010).
* ThePowerOfHate: His new gimmick in late 2011
* PutOnABus: By MarkHenry.
** TheBusCameBack: [[CoolMask Wearing]] [[AndTheFandomRejoiced a mask.]]
* QuizzicalTilt: Kane commonly did this while mute and wearing a mask.
* RecurringRiff: In '97, he first appeared as Kane with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKBE0nxKixQ&fmt=18 this theme]]. Said theme was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9brxkxepU&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL updated in 2000]], with the tune completely retained. In 2002, when he switched to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLrkKW1jcRk Finger Eleven's Slow Chemical]], which again, kept the same tune. He kept this as his theme until late 2008. So that's [[LongRunners eleven years of that riff recurring]].
** His 2008 theme, "Man on Fire", still retained elements from his original theme though, but without the guitar riff.
** The guitar riffs however returned with the re-masking in 2011, by [[ThemeMusicPowerUp mixing it back into "Man on Fire"]].
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver
* RedBaron: [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority The Big Red]] Machine / Monster and, recently, The Devil's Favorite Demon.
* RedemptionDemotion: He was never quite as threatening as a face. While his initial face run as WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds was still threatening and believable on some level, as time went on ItGotWorse, to the point where he could tag team with The Hurricane and actually fit right in.
** Although he arguably had his strongest push (prior to his 2010 title run) while he was a babyface in 2002; he held the Intercontinental and Tag Team titles simultaneously, winning the latter in a Fatal Four-Way Tornado Tag TLC match...''without a partner''' (The Hurricane had been attacked backstage before the match). Then the Katie Vick angle happened, and well...
* RedFilterOfDoom: His entrance, in which the lights in the arena go red. Notably, when he first debuted the lights would stay red for the entirety of his matches. Sometimes when he's backstage he's still accompanied by red lighting.
** Since the return of the mask, his promos have all had the red lighting remain on, until he gets interrupted by someone.
* RyuAndKen: Being kayfabe brothers, Kane and TheUndertaker are of the same basic build and use a lot of the same moves. This was especially true during the late 90's when Kane was pretty much Undertaker with a mask and fire fetish.
* SlasherSmile: If he's a heel, you might be ''more'' screwed if he's wearing one of these than if he's scowling.
* StalkerWithACrush: During the storyline where he forced {{Lita}} to marry him and give birth to his child.
** Again with KellyKelly, as a ''face'', some how (mainly because the guy she was really interested in was [[CompleteMonster Randy Orton]], though this became an AbortedArc.
* SuddenlyVoiced: He debuted as mute, later was able to talk through a voice box, and later still was able to use his voice without any trouble at all.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TookALevelInDumbass / PlotInducedStupidity: One angle he's revealing a massive IndyPloy XanatosRoulette to wait for weakness in his big brother so he can take advantage and destroy him, ending up as World Heavyweight Champion with Undertaker buried alive. The next he's faced with [[HeroicSociopath Edge]] kidnapping his father for a couple months, has Teddy Long standing before him at least 2-3 times, and doesn't even take enough time out of scrambling around in desperation to ''force Teddy to make Edge give Paul back by threatening to walk with the title''.
** Would you really expect somebody like Kane to do that, though?
** If he could mastermind taking the demonic seat of power from TheUndertaker, yes. And even if he didn't do that, there's still other options. Like raiding the home of then-injured {{Christian}} and threatening to destroy him.
* {{Understatement}}: [[JimRoss J.R.]] once said;
-->'''J.R.:''' A very complex man, is Kane.
* UnnecessaryRoughness: Kane seemingly loves this trope, and is usually on the giving end of said Roughness. One time, he handcuffed ShaneMcMahon to a ring post, trapped him against the ring using the ring steps, and ''electrocuted Shane's testicles with a car battery''. [[ShareTheMalePain Guys, you can whimper now.]]
** He's used a rather subdued, but brutal method of incapacitating JohnCena in their 2012 feud; he holds his hand over Cena's mouth and nose, suffocating him. While it doesn't look to bad to the untrained eye, for those that recognize it as an ''actual method of murder'' can find it somewhat disturbing.
*** The first time or two, they used some Hollywood FX to have John [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]] the first time or two it happened. Apparently that was a bit too realistic and there were enough complaints that the fake blood (but not the hold) was dropped afterwards.
* UnrelatedBrothers: While half-brothers in kayfabe, TheUndertaker and Kane are not related in real life.
* VillainsOutShopping: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhpjSNfUM1I His Stacker 2 commercials.]] The aforementioned Chef Boyardee commercial probably also counts.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Kane and TheUndertaker, who have both feuded and teamed up with each other at various times since 1997.
** He also has this kind of thing going on with TheBigShow.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Particularly after PaulBearer abandoned him to rejoin Undertaker in 1998 and attempted to have him committed to an insane assylum, Kane's character was portrayed as this. He's also done a promo about how much he loves the holidays and his family, he even said he wasn't a monster and that he's tired of being seen as an outsider, and the audience booed the entire thing, really puts his angle with {{Edge}} in a new light.
** To be frank, they booed the whole thing because they'd just seen him declare himself [[{{Satan}} the Devil]]'s Favorite Demon while usurping Undertaker's power over the last few months, so they probably didn't believe any of it.
* TheWorfEffect
* WouldHitAGirl: He once gave Linda [=McMahon=] a Tombstone Piledriver onto the stage.
** And then about a couple years later, he did it to Lita.
** Came close to doing this to KellyKelly during a short-lived 2008 angle, whom he thought was flirting with him. He kidnapped her and sequestered her to a back room to interrogate her as to who she was seeing, she claimed she was with TheMiz, in order to protect RandyOrton, who in actually was only using her. The angle didn't go anywhere beyond a match on [[WWERaw Raw]].
** As of 2012, not much has changed. Kane has made moves for EveTorres on a couple of occasions, but WWE being [[LighterAndSofter PG]], someone always showed up to rescue her at the last moment.
** During the AttitudeEra, he attacked Tori and {{Chyna}}.
* XanatosRoulette: Retcon into having everything he's done up to mid-2010 an IndyPloy version of this, all part of a revenge plan for over 10 years. Whether this makes him a MagnificentBastard or just an AssPull, YourMileageMayVary.
