Line #105 Characters/TheBookOfEli


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3	[[folder:Eli]]
4	!!Eli
5	->'''Played By:''' Creator/DenzelWashington
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7	* AboveTheInfluence: The rejection of Solara
8	* AbsurdlySharpBlade: So many shings.
9	* AsTheGoodBookSays: He quotes from it so many times.
10	* BadassBoast: "Put that hand on me again, you won't get it back."
11	* BadassLongcoat: Wears a somewhat dirty throughout the whole film.
12	* BadassPreacher: Played with. Although Eli is not a literal preacher, he is the closest thing to a religious figure in the post-apocalyptic world and he is so totally badass that only God can help you if you mess with him.
13	* BlindBlackGuy: He is blind and black.
14	* BlindSeer: [[spoiler:He 'sees' what his mission is, what he needs to do. He literally goes "by faith and not by sight." To the point where you don't realize he's blind until the end. Though more astute viewers can pick up little bits of {{Foreshadowing}} of this fact, such as Eli bumping into things a couple of times, or using his senses of smell and hearing to track prey.]]
15	* BlindWeaponmaster: [[spoiler:Eli uses a machete, a bow, and a number of guns effectively despite his blindness.]]
16	* CoolShades: He never takes them off in the movie, [[spoiler:possibly due to his blindness]].
17	* CoveredWithScars: Remnants of the Flash showing all over Eli's body in a scene where Eli is washing himself down.
18	* CurbStompBattle: The opening fight under the bridge, the bar fight, the town fight...
19	* {{Determinator}}: He can't be stopped by anything. [[Film/TheBluesBrothers He's on a mission from God, after all.]]
20	* TheDrifter: At a certain point, Solara asks him if he is sure of where he's going. [[spoiler: Made funnier with the last scene's Reveal.]]
21	* GoodShepherd: He is a good man who teaches prayer and quotes scripture. The only thing he's lacking is formal ordination.
22	* HandicappedBadass: Implied in several scenes that he is blind, but can more than hold his own in a post-apocalyptic world.
23	* ImmuneToBullets: Carnegie's {{Mooks}} start to believe this applies to Eli. Carnegie disagrees and intends to prove it...
24	* MadeOfIron: Eli gets fucking ''gut-shot,'' then patches himself up with duct tape [[spoiler:and survives long enough to recite the entire Bible aloud from memory]].
25	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The movie never explicitly explains if Eli's impressive fighting skills [[spoiler:even though he's blind]] are simply the result of a mix of his exacerbated senses and sheer luck or if he is supernaturally protected.
26	%%* MeaningfulName
27	* MilesToGoBeforeISleep: [[spoiler:He's tough enough to last a long time, but after Carnegie shoots him in the gut in the third act, he's a dead man walking. He finishes his mission and tells the whole Bible to the people in Alcatraz Island before passing away, though, and his final narration has him being thankful to God for letting him rest, knowing that he carried it to completion.]]
28	* MilkyWhiteEyes: His eyes which are usually hidden behind his sunglasses are clouded over, implying complete blindness or at least some form of vision impediment.
29	* OneManArmy: He takes on a bar full of hostiles and is the only one left standing.
30	* OnlyOneName: Eli.
31	* RealMenLoveJesus: A OneManArmy who firmly believes in the bible, and protecting it.
32	* RobbingTheDead: Does this in order to replace worn out gear, since the dead have no use for it any more.
33	* SuperSenses: Eli [[spoiler:can shoot an arrow into a cat from a distance despite being blind. Presumably it has to do with his other senses. Eli himself believes it is God's guidance.]]
34	* TheseHandsHaveKilled: He's killed many people and isn't exactly flippant about it.
35	* WalkingArmory: Let's count 'em: kukri, axe, shotgun, pistol, and bow, plus ammo, sharpening tools. [[spoiler:and a decoy book with a bomb inside.]]
36	* WalkingTheEarth: On a mission for 30 years to take the Bible he has to the west.
37	[[/folder]]
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39	[[folder:Carnegie]]
40	!!Carnegie
41	->'''Played By:''' Creator/GaryOldman
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43	* BigBad: Of the entire film.
44	* BrainsAndBrawn: He and Redridge; the former reads the books and the latter fires the guns.
45	* TheChessmaster: He is shown playing chess with his wife while manipulating his adopted daughter to do his bidding.
46	* CoolShades: Like most people in the film, he wears shades when outside to protect his eyes from the harsh light.
47	* {{Determinator}}: He refuses to be deterred from chasing Eli until he gets the bible.
48	* HandicappedBadass: Walked with a notable limp
49	* FauxAffablyEvil: Carnegie presents himself as a well composed and polite man but takes extremely brutal measures to ensure he gets his way: beating his mistress for her daughter, Solara, failing to seduce Eli and threatening to kill Solara if Eli does not give him his book, maintaining his same jovial tone while pointing a gun at her head.
50	* FeudalOverlord: He rules over his little "kingdom" like an absolute despot, taking whatever he wants from whomever he pleases and enforcing his will with a small army of thugs.
51	* FrontlineGeneral: Credit where it's due; even with a busted leg, he still accompanies his men on the hunt for Eli.
52	* {{Jerkass}}: Condoning rape, murder, and the exploitation of other people's faith in order to get what he wants. Oh, and fascist rule over a town and abuse of a mother and daughter, the latter by proxy.
53	%%* KickTheDog
54	* MeaningfulName: He wants to influence people with a book. Now, which other Carnegie wrote an extremely influential [[Literature/HowToWinFriendsAndInfluencePeople book on influencing people]]?
55	* MeaninglessVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Carnegie ultimately gets the book he so desperately fought for and wants to use to expand his control...but it's in braile. His abused girlfriend refuses to read it for him, many of his men were killed trying to get the book in the first place and he's lost control over the town. Not to mention he has an infected wound that is likely to kill him.]]
56	* MoreThanMindControl: His men do display a lot of loyalty towards his vision despite not understanding it.
57	* RedFlagRecreationMaterial: The first thing we see of [[BigBad Carnegie]] is him sitting in his office ([[WastelandWarlord in the town he took over]]) reading a biography of UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini.
58	* SinisterMinister: Notably in that he is not one yet; his EvilPlan is to become one after getting a bible that will give him the words to twist around so people will obey him.
59	%%* SmallNameBigEgo
60	* TakeOverTheWorld: He believes that the power of the bible could let him do this.
61	* WastelandElder: Carnegie is an evil version of this.
62	[[/folder]]
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64	[[folder:Solara]]
65	!!Solara
66	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MilaKunis
67	* BornAfterTheEnd: The teenaged Solara asks Eli about the luxuries that people once casually discarded but now will commit murder over and has never seen a Bible before.
68	%%* DisappearedDad
69	* MeaningfulName: Slightly ironic in that her name is related to the Sun, which caused the ruin of the world. She follows Eli from the east to the west.
70	* TookALevelInBadass: Originally TheLoad, who also falls for a trap, Solara is eventually able to [[spoiler:overcome her captors using string as a garrote, takes out another vehicle with a grenade, then drives back to retrieve Eli.]]
71	* WalkingTheEarth: Starts doing this at the end of the film.
72	[[/folder]]
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74	[[folder:Redridge]]
75	!!Redridge
76	->'''Played By:''' Creator/RayStevenson
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78	* BaldOfEvil: Doesn't have a hair on his head, serves as Carniege's right hand man and is implied to lust after Solara.
79	* BrainsAndBrawn: Carnegie and he; the former reads the books and the latter fires the guns.
80	* The Dragon: Carneige's chief advisor and enforcer, and a fairly competent one.
81	* EveryoneHasStandards: He lets Eli go after Eli survives the first gun battle scene.
82	** He also leaves Solara alone when she asks him to, and has obviously never forced himself on her.
83	* DiedStandingUp: He even has enough strength to leave the car, and look around, despite the machete stabbed though him.
84	* CoolShades: Like most others in this movie.
85	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Doesn't show any fear or anger after being impaled.
86	%%* {{Jerkass}}
87	%%* KickTheDog
88	%%* WorthyOpponent
89	[[/folder]]
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91	[[folder:Claudia]]
92	!!Claudia
93	->'''Played By:''' Jennifer Beals
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95	* DomesticAbuse: On the receiving end of this by Carnagie. He does occasionally show her kindness by washing her head with the last bit of shampoo in the world.
96	* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Carnegie tries to force her to translate the Bible that is written in Braille, but she pretends she doesn't remember how to read it]].
97	* SexSlave: To Carnegie. Being born blind doesn't help fighting off her abuser.
98	[[/folder]]
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100	[[folder:Martz]]
101	!!Martz
102	->'''Played By:''' Evan Jones
103	* BeardOfEvil: A scruffy guy, and nasty piece of work.
104	* NeverLearnedToRead: Like many people born after the apocalypse, he brings Carneige various books he steals or scavenges, but is unable to read any of them, and thus has no clue if he's found the bible or not until Carniege tells him.
105	[[/folder]]
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107	[[folder:Hoyt]]
108	!!Hoyt
109	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JoePingue
110	* BornAfterTheEnd: He has never seen or heard of a [=TV=] before. * TheDriver: Is behind the wheel of Carneige's truck during his pursuit of Eli.
111	* BeardOfEvil: Sports a thick beard and is one of Carniege's more notable and resilient henchmen.
112	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: As he sees Carniege's people rioting after most of his men are killed, he just warily sits back and doesn't try to stop them, due to seeing he's outnumbered. Earlier, he tells Carneige that if they chase Solara, they probably don't have the fuel to do so and make it back
113	* VillainRespect: Feels a little respect/fear towards Eli as they see what he's capable of.
114	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Slightly, given that his actor is in his mid-thirties, and he doesn't know what a TV is, hinting that he either wasn't born during the fall, or was only a baby or toddler at the time.
115	[[/folder]]
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117	[[folder:Martha & George]]
118	!!Martha & George
119	->'''Played By:''' Frances de la Tour & Michael Gambon
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121	* AffablyEvil: They are surprisingly kind, for people who've lived for 30 years in the apocalypse. They're also quite upfront about what they've done to visitors, and its unclear if they would have tried to hurt Eli and Solara or not or just cannibalize people who antagonize them.
122	* AmbiguouslyEvil: It's not clear if all the people they killed actually were bandits, or if they've just been preying on random travelers.
123	%%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
124	* ImAHumanitarian: They're cannibals, as discovered by Eli and Solara.
125	[[/folder]]
126
127	[[folder:Engineer]]
128	!!Engineer
129	->'''Played By:''' Music/TomWaits
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131	* CoolOldGuy: A fairly nice townsman, who is abel to remember the old world and has the skills to crack into the bible.
132	* PunchClockVillain: Serves Carneige, but with no great malice, and not necessarily by choice.
133	[[/folder]]
134
135	[[folder:Hijack Leader]]
136	!!Hijack Leader
137	->'''Played By:''' Chris Browning
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139	* AnArmAndALeg: Eli slices off his hand.
140	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:The Hijack Leader just takes off his goggles and lets Eli kill him, knowing there's no way out.]]
141	* FauxAffablyEvil: He's briefly light-hearted and jokey with Eli before he gets pissed off.
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder:Young Woman Hijacker]]
145	!!Young Woman Hijacker
146	->'''Played By:''' Lora Martinez Cunningham
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148	* DecoyDamsel: For the Hijackers. She pretends to be alone on the road, thus luring in either Good Samaritans or more predatory types. Then the Hijackers ambush them.
149	* EveryoneHasStandards: She tries to get Solara to leave quickly, not pleased with the idea of a young woman being subjected to more than just robbery. It's probable that she was in Solara's position once, and became part of a Hijacker gang in that way.
150	* KarmaHoudini: The girl who would lure travelers into ambushes. Remember the fact that all of her (onscreen) guys were chopped up, and yet she appeared again pulling the same scam with an entirely different group of people.

Context Characters / TheBookOfEli