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| 7 | !!Be warned: some unmarked spoilers ahead. |
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| 11 | [[folder:Rango]] |
| 12 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeRango_340.jpg]] |
| 13 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Now, remember son: stay in school, eat your veggies, and burn everything but Shakespeare."'']] |
| 14 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnnyDepp (English), Creator/BrunoChoel (European French), Marcelo Garcia (Brazilian Portuguese) |
| 15 | |
| 16 | The main protagonist of the film, "Rango" is a chameleon with aspirations for the stage and stardom, but he desires companionship most of all. After being accidentally thrown out of his human's car, he starts his journey towards his destiny. |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | * AchievementsInIgnorance: Rango's greatest strength -- autobiographical improvisational skills aside -- is that he somehow manages to do a number of ''really'' impressive things wholly by accident, from [[spoiler:killing the hawk with a misfired ricochet]] to obliviously [[spoiler:crossing the highway in the depths of his despair; arriving on the Other Side and solving the mystery of Dirt's missing water]]. |
| 19 | * AccidentalAimingSkills: They help Rango convince the people of Dirt that he killed seven people with one bullet when he accidentally kills a giant hawk with a ricocheting shot. |
| 20 | * AccidentalHero: He involuntarily saves the town from the hawk, and keeps building his legend through equally accidental feats of heroism. [[spoiler:After his visit to the Spirit of the West]], he moves from AccidentalHero to genuine, on-purpose hero. |
| 21 | * AcquiredPoisonImmunity: During one of his many tall tales, he claims that Rattlesnake Jake is his brother, and he's so immune to his venom that he puts it in his coffee. |
| 22 | * AmateurSleuth: Despite his lack of detective training and experience, he's able to deduce [[spoiler:the mayor's water-hoarding scheme]] thanks to his keen chameleon senses allowing him to pick up on details that go unnoticed by everyone else. |
| 23 | * TheAntiNihilist: The film begins with him struggling to discover his identity, and his "birth" as he is thrust out from the safety of his tank into the burning desert. After struggling with an existential crisis for the entire story, Rango finally comes to realise he is the only one who can answer the question, "Who am I?" |
| 24 | * BecomingTheBoast: He makes a name for himself in Dirt by making up stories about being a great hero, but over the course of the film he ends up becoming a hero for real. |
| 25 | * BecomingTheMask: At first, it's only superficial. [[TookALevelInBadass Then, he takes a level in badass]]. |
| 26 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: He's quirky and clumsy, but as the movie goes on, he becomes more competent and threatening to his enemies. Even by the end of the film, though, he still retains his silly personality. |
| 27 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With fellow secretly-lonely lizard Beans. |
| 28 | * BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:All the townsfolk realize Rango has lied to them about all his triumphs, courtesy of Rattlesnake Jake. But then this becomes a RebuiltPedestal when he brings the water back.]] |
| 29 | * ButtMonkey: He gets put through a considerable amount of hell, from slapstick injuries to being pushed around and intimidated even as he accepts the role of sheriff. |
| 30 | * ChivalrousPervert: Though he is willing to put more of a toe out of line than most examples, partially due to his years-long isolation. Take how he has no qualms about touching Beans (in a PG fashion) while she's paralysed. |
| 31 | * ClintSquint: Fittingly for a cowboy hero, when it's time for Rango to get [[LetsGetDangerous dangerous]], he'll narrow his eyes. His expression is practically locked into this during the finale. |
| 32 | * CompanionCube: He has a toy fish ("Mr Timms") and a dismembered doll for "friends" in his terrarium. |
| 33 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Though he's generally clumsy and mostly all talk, Rango ''does'' display occasional moments of cunning before officially [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]] at the end. |
| 34 | * ExposedAnimalBellybutton: If you start asking why [[ArtisticLicenseBiology a chameleon has a navel,]] you're halfway to asking yourself why he has thumbs, and your WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief is likely to take a CriticalHit. |
| 35 | * FakeUltimateHero: Initially, as all his accomplishments in the eyes of the people of Dirt are lies or due to blind luck. |
| 36 | * TheFool: Lampshaded by Pappy Mole. |
| 37 | -->''"He look like he sounds?"'' |
| 38 | * FromZeroToHero: He was just a pet lizard without a name, then he became the hero of a town. |
| 39 | * FurryReminder: When a dragonfly buzzes past Rango's face, he sticks out his tongue and eats it. |
| 40 | * GeniusDitz: Rango is very aware that he's only digging himself deeper with his lies, but he's also very aware of his surroundings and is able to competently think up solutions to his problems. [[spoiler:He's even able to piece together the mayor's water-hoarding scheme.]] |
| 41 | * GenreSavvy: He seems to know a great deal about a variety of genres in fiction, Westerns included, and thus doesn't have a hard time blending into Dirt. |
| 42 | * GirlyRun: As shown when he runs from the hawk, he's far from graceful. |
| 43 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: He spent most of his life alone in a glass box. The [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first few minutes]] of the movie establish that he's not entirely sane. |
| 44 | * GuileHero: Even when he becomes TheHero, he'd rather win by conning the villains into surrender... if he can. |
| 45 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: He starts off wearing only a Hawaiian shirt and no pants. Once he becomes sheriff, he starts dressing himself in full cowboy regalia. |
| 46 | * HawaiianShirtedTourist: His first outfit is a red and white Hawaiian shirt, an ActorAllusion to one of Depps's other acting roles (in this instance [[Film/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Raoul Duke]]). |
| 47 | * HiredToHuntYourself: After unwittingly giving some bank robbers an all-access pass to the bank and some friendly directions as to its location, he's given the responsibility of rounding up a posse to find the thieves who stole the town's water. |
| 48 | * HollywoodChameleon: Averted. Rango's color-changing abilities are limited, and of little use to him in the story. |
| 49 | * IHaveManyNames: He boasts about this before settling on Rango. |
| 50 | -->"Well, I'm a man of many epithets. There's [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms my stage name, my pen name, my avatar. I had a pseudonym once, but I had it legally changed. Nom de plume, I have a CB handle]], I'm actually one of the few men with a maiden name..." |
| 51 | * LargeHam: He already liked to do exaggerated acting in his terrarium, and then he pushes it further in an attempt to impress the townsfolk. |
| 52 | * LetsGetDangerous: He immediately caves in when faced with mortal danger from Rattlesnake Jake. Then he realizes that his friends are doomed, and only he can save them. So he goes back, fully prepared to die fighting if his GuileHero tactics don't work. |
| 53 | * LineOfSightName: His cactus juice in the saloon was made in Du'''rango'''. |
| 54 | * LovableLizard: An endearing chameleon who serves as the protagonist, looking for his place in the world. |
| 55 | * MilesGloriosus: Which is how he gets into the whole mess that is the main plot of the movie in the first place. |
| 56 | * TheMunchausen: He brags at length about his fictional former exploits. |
| 57 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: He mistakes the moles digging around Dirt as prospectors rather than bank robbers, and offers them assistance in a way that gives them full access to the water in the bank. [[spoiler:Subverted in that it turns out the bank was robbed before the moles got to it.]] |
| 58 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Rango is Creator/HunterSThompson, according to the creators. It's not a coincidence he meets the ''real'' Thompson (or, at least, his windshield.) |
| 59 | * NoNameGiven: We never hear his real name. Or for that matter, find out if he [[NeverGivenAName even has one]]. Considering the ArcWords question "Who am I?", he may not know himself. |
| 60 | * NotUsedToFreedom: Rango the pet lizard lives in a clear tank, but then is forced to live in the desert. He has trouble both fitting in and [[NotHyperbole surviving]]. |
| 61 | * OralFixation: He uses his projectile tongue to steal a man's toothpick in the bar scene, and menacingly snaps a dragonfly out of the air in his duel with Jake. |
| 62 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Rango doesn't kill the helpless Mayor at the end of the film, but he does give him to [[TheGrimReaper Rattlesnake Jake]] to answer for his betrayal. Jake accepts this as his soul payment before he drags the Mayor to his doom.]] |
| 63 | * ProtagonistTitle: His name or, rather, what he calls himself, is the title of the film. |
| 64 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: He often speaks with this, usually to come off as smarter than he really is. |
| 65 | -->"I say we track this pipe back to its hydraulic origin and apprehend the culprits behind this aquatic conundrum." |
| 66 | * TheSheriff: He's promoted to this after (accidentally) getting rid of the hawk. |
| 67 | * SignatureHeadgear: Rango gets several bits of choice headwear during the course of the movie, each signifying his progress as a hero of the West: |
| 68 | ** A hat he takes from a patron at the bar, trying to "blend in" after first adopting the persona of Rango. This is his primary hat, and he wears it more than the others throughout the course of the movie. |
| 69 | ** A showier ten-gallon hat (which he "had marked down from fifteen") he receives upon becoming sheriff. |
| 70 | ** An even showier mariachi-themed hat he picks up once he decides to "get serious". |
| 71 | ** The ladies' bonnet with ribbons he dons during the [[spoiler:semi-successful]] raid on the Mole family's compound. |
| 72 | ** A [[FedoraOfAsskicking black, no-nonsense hat]] [[spoiler:mirroring Rattlesnake Jake's own]] once he truly [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]]. |
| 73 | * TooDumbToLive: Um, Rango? It would be a good idea to take off your shirt and blend into the sand when the hawk is flying in the air. |
| 74 | * TookALevelInBadass: He does this after [[spoiler:killing the hawk to some degree, as he's much braver after that than before and more clever. However, he gets a ''big'' one later when he returns from his HeroicBSOD and defeats Rattlesnake Jake. Very strongly proven when he stares Jake down and actually scares the crap out of him.]] |
| 75 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: As part of a disguise. Hardly has a male hero kicked so much butt while wearing a dress. |
| 76 | * YouCantFightFate: He's told as much by [[spoiler:the Spirit of the West]]. Dirt ''needs'' a hero, and he's the only one around wearing a white hat. And besides, [[ArcWords no man can walk out on his own story.]] |
| 77 | [[/folder]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder:Beans]] |
| 80 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/she_also_had_some_work_done.jpg]] |
| 81 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Someone is dumpin' water in the desert."'']] |
| 82 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IslaFisher |
| 83 | |
| 84 | A ranch owner, this desert iguana found Rango and brought him to Dirt. She suspects that something has happened to the water supply of the town, and has noticed that someone is dumping great amounts of water into the desert. |
| 85 | ---- |
| 86 | * ActionGirl: She's just as involved in the mix as Rango, and even has a shotgun ready. |
| 87 | * BadassAdorable: She's one of the only characters in the film whose design emphasizes cuteness, but is definitely one of the most capable characters in the town of Dirt. |
| 88 | * BerserkButton: Don't say anything unkind about her daddy. In fact, don't say anything about him at ''all''. She ''will'' take it in the worst way possible, even when it's respectful. |
| 89 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With fellow secretly-lonely lizard Rango. |
| 90 | * CharacterTics: Beans has an unfortunate habit of freezing in place and going momentarily catatonic when under stress. She explains that it is a defense mechanism natural to lizards faced with predators, [[ShownTheirWork which is true.]] The problem with Beans is that "her switch is broken." |
| 91 | * ClickHello: Her first scene has her pointing a double-barrel shotgun at Rango's head. |
| 92 | * CloudCuckooLander: She mentions at one point that her father was [[AlienAbduction was abducted by the people of Andromeda 5.]] Although, come the tie-in video game, [[TheCuckooLanderWasRight she's proven to be absolutely right about him being abducted by aliens.]] |
| 93 | * DaddysGirl: She was quite attached to her father while he was alive, still hasn't quite gotten over his death, and will ''not'' tolerate any disrespect being thrown his way. |
| 94 | * DamselInDistress: Despite her general ActionGirl nature, she does get tied up in the climax. |
| 95 | * DeadpanSnarker: Most of the movie's snark comes from her. |
| 96 | * DefiantCaptive: She's not afraid to mouth off at Rattlesnake Jake or [[spoiler:the Mayor]] while she's their hostage. |
| 97 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off rather cold towards Rango and is annoyed by his bizarre personality, but eventually warms up towards him when he shows how heroic he can be. |
| 98 | * DeterminedHomesteader: She won't let her father's ranch get taken by the Mayor, no matter what. |
| 99 | * DisappearedDad: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Who did not die by falling while drunk down a mineshaft]]. |
| 100 | * FeetFirstIntroduction: "Get your slimy, webbed phalanges off my boots!" |
| 101 | * FieryRedhead: She has auburn-colored hair and has an incredibly short temper, especially when the topic of conversation is her deceased father. |
| 102 | * FurryFemaleMane: Despite being a lizard. |
| 103 | * HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Downplayed; her eyes and lips are much more human-like compared to the male lizard Rango, and she sports NonMammalianHair and NonMammalMammaries, but their body proportions are roughly the same. |
| 104 | * MotorMouth: At different points, her speech lapses into this, but this is most obvious when she's arguing with Angelique. |
| 105 | * NonMammalianHair: Even if she's a lizard, she has these characteristics to make it clear she's female, but the latter is subtle. |
| 106 | * ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: She's a rancher, and by the end of the film, she's the only person in the Dirt area who still owns land that hasn't been bought up by the Mayor. However, Beans is never shown doing any work on her ranch, and is only ever seen either in the town proper or out in the desert. |
| 107 | * ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Whenever she has a weapon, it's usually a double-barrel. |
| 108 | * SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: The opposite of Priscilla's AdvertisedExtra status. She's one of the main characters, but was barely featured in promotional material. |
| 109 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only woman who joins the posse. |
| 110 | * StayInTheKitchen: Invoked by Rango when tries to stop her from joining his posse. Beans just gives him a silent glare and joins them regardless, which shuts up Rango. |
| 111 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: One usually precedes or follows a catatonic fit. Her daddy was never near that mineshaft! |
| 112 | ** It's not a rash, [[BreathlessNonSequitur it is a birthmark!]] |
| 113 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: To make it crystal-clear that she's a female lizard to the viewer, she has hair and wears a dress. |
| 114 | * {{Tsundere}}: Initially, she acts like this towards Rango. |
| 115 | * WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Her father was fond of baked beans. |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Priscilla]] |
| 119 | [[quoteright:274:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thktqta92w.jpg]] |
| 120 | [[caption-width-right:274:''"You're a stranger. Strangers don't last long here."'']] |
| 121 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AbigailBreslin |
| 122 | |
| 123 | A young cactus mouse (or, if you believe Verbinski, an aye-aye) in the town of Dirt. At first she dismisses Rango as "funny-lookin'", she grows to admire him near the end. She has her own pair of revolvers, seems a little too excited about violence and death, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and likes to make fun of strangers.]] |
| 124 | ---- |
| 125 | * AdvertisedExtra: She was all over the promotional material, almost being advertised as Rango's sidekick. In the movie proper, she's a pretty minor character. |
| 126 | * AllThereInTheManual: Like a few of the other characters, her real name isn't said in the movie proper (she's called "little sister" by Rango), so we learn her name is "Priscilla" only through the credits and the special features. |
| 127 | * BadassAdorable: She's the cutest (or at least, the least ugly) character in the whole movie, but she carries a pair of revolvers in her lunchbox. |
| 128 | -->"Can I gut-shoot someone?" |
| 129 | * CreepyChild: She looks the part, but is more of a subversion. She's a little too obsessed with violence to be a completely normal child, but she's otherwise pretty friendly and sweet. |
| 130 | * DeadpanSnarker: When she talks to Rango upon first meeting him. |
| 131 | * {{Expy}}: She looks quite a lot like a possum version of [[Film/TrueGrit Mattie Ross]]. |
| 132 | * IfYouDieICallYourStuff: A running gag is her laying claim to Rango's boots any time he's off to do something dangerous. |
| 133 | * InformedSpecies: She has been referred to as an [[MisplacedWildlife aye-aye]] by the creators, but Priscilla lacks any features that would identify her as an aye-aye, such as huge, bat-like ears (her ears are very tiny instead), bushy tail, coarse fur, and most all, long, creepy-looking fingers, and more closely resembles some type of mouse or possum. And while aye-ayes do have large eyes, they are not as comedically oversized as Priscilla's (such a feature more closely matches a bushbaby or tarsier, if we're talking lower primates). |
| 134 | * LittleMissBadass: Priscilla wants to be one, and shows Rango she's got a lot of spunk. However, he tells her to stay behind, perhaps too afraid of endangering her. As a side note, their entire dynamic resembles that of Mattie and Cogburn in ''Film/TrueGrit''. |
| 135 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Either she's this or MisplacedWildlife, as she's either a cactus mouse, an aye-aye, or some combo between the two. |
| 136 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: She packs heat, and constantly reminds Rango that she wants his boots when he dies. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Bad Bill]] |
| 140 | [[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bad_bill_by_crash_mccreery_by_rescripta_dag7015_fullview.jpg]] |
| 141 | [[caption-width-right:337:''"If I see your face in this town again, I'll slice it off, and use it to wipe my unmentionables"'']] |
| 142 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RayWinstone |
| 143 | |
| 144 | A Gila monster outlaw who works for the Mayor and is first introduced tormenting some poor soul who's behind on his mortgage. Rango's first obstacle in endearing himself to the citizens of Dirt is facing down Bill. |
| 145 | ---- |
| 146 | * DeathGlare: His only reaction to Rango setting him on fire with cactus juice. |
| 147 | * EqualOpportunityEvil: An English-accented Gila monster who works in a gang with a Mexican rat and two rabbits. |
| 148 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 149 | ** When Rango unwittingly sets him on fire, Bill slides him a gun and takes the fight outside rather than simply gun him down right there. Notable because his entrance to the saloon involved shooting into the floor. |
| 150 | ** Bill wonders if he really should summon Rattlesnake Jake to Dirt, given how dangerous he really shows himself to be. |
| 151 | ** Additionally, his expression when Rattlesnake Jake tries to kill Beans shows even ''he'' thinks the serpent is taking things way too far. |
| 152 | * EvilBrit: He has Ray Winstone's natural Cockney accent, and he's a pretty savage gangster. |
| 153 | * EvilDebtCollector: He's first introduced attacking a poor bird who's behind with his rent. |
| 154 | -->'''Bad Bill: YOU GOT CORN IN YOUR EARS, MATE?! YOU DON'T PAY THE MORTGAGE, YOU DON'T OWN THE LAND!!''' |
| 155 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He appears to be a CigarChomper. Rango, attempting to intimidate him, snatches his stogie out of his mouth and eats it. |
| 156 | * LondonGangster: Despite being a Gila monster from the Mojave, Bill has the Cockney accent and the threatening, loutish behavior of this character archetype. |
| 157 | * MadeOfIron: Rango sets him on fire twice, and his only reaction is a mean DeathGlare. |
| 158 | * MaliciousMonitorLizard: Technically, Gila monsters aren't monitor lizards, but he's close enough. |
| 159 | * MeaningfulName: Given that he scares the townspeople, and challenges Rango to a duel, Bad Bill is, indeed, VERY BAD! |
| 160 | * OhCrap: When he sees the hawk flying over Rango. |
| 161 | * ProperlyParanoid: After Tortoise John makes Rango the sheriff of Dirt, Bill warns him that the chameleon could be trouble. He's proven correct in that Rango is able to piece together the mayor's water-hoarding scheme and ultimately thwart it. |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | [[folder:Mayor Tortoise John]] |
| 165 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th1iw3erg2.jpg]] |
| 166 | [[caption-width-right:300:''"People need something to believe in. Right now, they believe in you."'']] |
| 167 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NedBeatty, José Santa Cruz (Brazilian Portuguese) |
| 168 | |
| 169 | The mayor of the town of Dirt, who appoints Rango as the sheriff after killing the hawk. He is the wealthiest citizen in Dirt, and is a [[SouthernGentleman polite gentleman]] to the townsfolk, supporting their wishes of a better life. Early in the film, he is the only character with access to the town's supply of water, which makes Beans particularly suspicious of him in the face of the worsening drought. He's also responsible for the strict control of the flow of water in town, [[spoiler:which is part of his grand plan to construct a more modern city outside the borders of Dirt (implied to be inspired by seeing the Las Vegas cityscape), which would eventually make it obsolete and the townsfolk forced to move or to face death]]. |
| 170 | ---- |
| 171 | * AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:His fate of being DraggedOffToHell by Rattlesnake Jake is well-deserved, and nobody in Dirt will miss him.]] |
| 172 | * BigBad: As we find out [[spoiler:towards the end, especially when he turns on Rattlesnake Jake]]. |
| 173 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He betrays Rango, Beans, the townspeople and Jake all in the name of progress. That last one is what gets him (figuratively) DraggedOffToHell. |
| 174 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's pretty handy with a firearm. |
| 175 | * ConspicuousConsumption: He holds a gigantic flask of "Vintage Rainwater" in his desk which he shares with guests as a sign of his wealth and position. |
| 176 | * DraggedOffToHell: Due to the myth surrounding Rattlesnake Jake, and the fact Jake has threatened Rango with this fate before, the Mayor [[spoiler:being dragged away screaming]] by Jake definitely has this vibe to it. |
| 177 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: His one moment of humanity in the film is when he tries to tell Jake he's going too far in threatening to kill Beans if she doesn't sign over her land to him, though considering he's fine watching her drown it's likely he just didn't want to personally witness the gory scene of her being squeezed to death. |
| 178 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: His name is never spoken, and he's only ever called "the Mayor". |
| 179 | * EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:He deceived the town of Dirt like Rango does, but has none of his guilt, compassion, or even likable traits of the titular character.]] |
| 180 | * EvilCripple: [[spoiler:As we find out towards the end. He sits in a tricked-out motorized wheelchair, which he uses at all times]]. |
| 181 | * {{Expy}}: He bears an unmistakable resemblance to Noah Cross, Creator/JohnHuston's character in the 1974 film ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''. In terms of role, he also echoes Mr. Morton from ''Film/OnceUponATimeInTheWest'' pretty closely, [[spoiler:due to being an EvilCripple rich man trying to modernize the West through a real estate scheme]]. |
| 182 | * FatSweatySouthernerInAWhiteSuit: Well, except for the sweaty part, since reptiles can't sweat. |
| 183 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He acts very friendly and well-meaning, almost grandfatherly before we get to know his true intentions. |
| 184 | * FlippingHelpless: [[spoiler:Rango's escape from the flooding bank vault knocks the Mayor out of his chair and leaves him on his back, unable to do anything but try to reason with Rango... who turns him over to Jake, who the Mayor had been trying to double-cross just moments ago. Needless to say, Mayor John is unable to do anything to stop Jake from dragging him off.]] |
| 185 | * InkSuitActor: He does bear a striking resemblance to Ned Beatty. |
| 186 | * KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:He's last seen being dragged out of Dirt kicking and screaming by a very pissed-off Rattlesnake Jake, whom he double-crossed and tried to kill only minutes earlier. [[NothingIsScarier It's safe to assume that Jake didn't show him mercy, or deliver a quick death.]]]] |
| 187 | * LightIsNotGood: He appears as the BigGood of the entire story, and mostly wears white, particularly a white hat, which is seen as a symbol of good in Old West movies, [[spoiler:but his true nature is much eviler than he lets on]]. |
| 188 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's sharply dressed, very hydrated, and absolutely remorseless. |
| 189 | * MayorPain: Type A, as he's wicked and corrupt. |
| 190 | * ObviouslyEvil: It could be the voice, could be the way he uses insects as literal playthings. Especially since he sounds and dresses like Noah Cross. |
| 191 | * ShellBackpack: He wears a white suit, but his shell shows through the back. |
| 192 | * SmallTownTyrant: He's the [[spoiler:BigBad of the film who deliberately cuts off his people's supply of water to force them into handing over their land for his own purposes]]. |
| 193 | * SoftSpokenSadist: He has the gentle voice of Creator/NedBeatty and is generally calm and cordial, [[spoiler:while also being an unscrupulous monster.]] |
| 194 | * TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Lacking even Rattlesnake Jake's noble side, the Mayor has manipulated the town and hidden his corruption from them. Caring only about his own vision of the future, he is even willing to murder and double-cross even Jake to push it forward. Even his being against Jake trying to kill Beans for not signing the contract is hypocritical since he doesn't have a problem with trying to drown her (and Rango) in his own water vault.]] |
| 195 | * SuperWheelchair: It even has a putting stick attached! |
| 196 | * UltimateAuthorityMayor: He has very much absolute authority over the town of Dirt. |
| 197 | * VillainInAWhiteSuit: As can be seen in the above picture. [[spoiler:He's the real BigBad of the movie]], and dresses all in white. |
| 198 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: He hides his inner immorality from his people really well. Only Beans (and later Mr. Merrimack) initially suspect something is wrong. |
| 199 | * VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler:Tortoise John aspires to create a modern city in the place of Dirt. To that end, he causes a water shortage so that he can buy the land at a low price.]] |
| 200 | * WiseOldTurtle: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope But not a benign one]]. He's been around long enough to witness the construction of Las Vegas and is the oldest citizen in Dirt by a long shot, using the knowledge he has amassed over the decades for his own ambitions.]] |
| 201 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:He tries to do this to Rattlesnake Jake in the end, but with Rango's gun, which no longer has any bullets in it.]] |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Rattlesnake Jake]] |
| 205 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8d9150a94336ea90e507ea69dfcc9ff5.png]] |
| 206 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"You got killer in your eyes, son? I don't see it."'']] |
| 207 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BillNighy, Luiz Carlos Persy (Brazilian Portuguese) |
| 208 | |
| 209 | A fearsome, ferocious desert rattlesnake with a Gatling gun for a tail, Rattlesnake Jake is the secondary antagonist. He is called the Grim Reaper, and lauded by many as a ruthless killer who "doesn't leave a town without taking a soul." |
| 210 | ---- |
| 211 | |
| 212 | * AnimalFacialHair: Markings variant. Jake has a distinctive pattern on his upper lip scales that is strongly reminiscent of a thin but well-maintained mustache, similar to those worn by "Doc" Holliday and Johnny Ringo in ''Film/{{Tombstone}}''. |
| 213 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Part of what makes Jake so terrifying is that he doesn't even need to get physical in order to be a horrifically effective threat, being able to psychoanalyze Rango to the point he nearly wins through intimidation alone. Jake bases his entire TheReasonYouSuckSpeech off an accurate assumption that Rango is an arrogant blowhard -- without having even met Rango prior -- going so far as forcing a loaded gun into Rango's hands and pointing it at his ''own face'' in order to prove Rango doesn't have "killer in his eyes." [[spoiler:It's finally proving that he visibly does have the will to pull the trigger that finally earns Jake's respect.]] |
| 214 | * BadassBandolier: Several of them are wrapped around his upper half. |
| 215 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: He finishes off [[spoiler:the Mayor]] in the end. |
| 216 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: Maybe. It's not clear if he actually ''believes'' that he's a Grim Reaper or if he's just using his legend as an intimidation tactic. |
| 217 | * BewareMyStingerTail: His rattle has been replaced by an artificial machine gun made of revolver cylinders. |
| 218 | * BloodKnight: Killing is his business, and he enjoys his work. |
| 219 | * BottomlessMagazines: [[spoiler:Subverted in the final battle, and exploited to make Jake waste all his bullets on the Mole family's bats.]] |
| 220 | * BreakTheBadass: [[spoiler:Jake breaks Rango's heroic identity by first daring him to drink his venom and then daring him to kill him with one bullet, neither of which Rango can actually do like he bragged.]] |
| 221 | * TheComicallySerious: [[spoiler:While Rattlesnake Jake definitely adds a sinister touch to the movie, his second faceoff against Rango costs him a little of his mystique. He is quick to gain it back after the mayor screws up a double-cross, however.]] |
| 222 | * CruelMercy: He could've just simply killed Rango, but the only reason he doesn't is because that would've just cemented his [[FakeUltimateHero fake hero]] status. So rather, he spares him, but not without destroying that reputation in front of everyone. |
| 223 | * DefeatMeansRespect: After he loses the battle to Rango at the end, Jake now sees him as a WorthyOpponent. |
| 224 | * DraggedOffToHell: He tells Rango he'll do this if he ever sees him again after their faceoff outside the sheriff's office. As a result of all the myth surrounding him, it's difficult to question if he can actually carry out the threat or not. [[spoiler:Due to this and the rest of his character in general, the scene where he drags the mayor away screaming certainly has this vibe.]] |
| 225 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler:To the Mayor. He's the one called in when Rango starts asking too many questions, and is the biggest threat Rango faces.]] |
| 226 | * DragonInChief: He may be working for [[spoiler:the mayor]], but he'll be damned if he'll let [[spoiler:Tortoise John]] tell him how to do the job he was hired for. |
| 227 | * TheDreaded: Just ''mentioning'' him freaks people out. |
| 228 | * EnemyMine: In the end of the movie, [[spoiler:he strikes peace with Rango and seemingly kills the mayor]]. |
| 229 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Upon his first meeting with Rango, one gets the distinct impression that he hates liars. |
| 230 | -->"Listen to me, you pathetic ''fraud''..." |
| 231 | * EvilIsBigger: He's the largest character apart from the Spirit of the West. |
| 232 | * EvilSoundsDeep: A rattlesnake outlaw with a disturbingly deep voice. |
| 233 | * EvilVirtues: He hates liars and frauds, and is willing to respect enemies who earn it. |
| 234 | * {{Expy}}: Jake seems to be based on Angel Eyes from ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''. |
| 235 | * FangsAreEvil: It comes with the territory of being a rattlesnake. |
| 236 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He presents himself as friendly and polite, but it's a particularly thin facade, and he's a ruthless and sadistic sociopath. |
| 237 | * FlawExploitation: He falls victim to this in the final battle, first with [[spoiler:his fear of hawks]] and then with [[spoiler:his anger at being made to look a fool]]. |
| 238 | * {{Foil}}: To Rango. They both are [[LargeHam larger-than-life]] "legends" with fearsome reputations that are a part of their influence. However, the villainous Jake is much more authentic and can actually back up his boasts, while Rango is a FakeUltimateHero whom Jake effortlessly discredits. From this encounter starts Rango's journey [[BecomingTheBoast into true herohood]]. [[spoiler:Tortoise John explicitly says both Jake and Rango are not so different legends that have no place in the future he envisions. Jake himself acknowledges Rango as another legend after the sheriff rescues the outlaw from the Mayor.]] |
| 239 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a thin jagged scar over his left eye. It's easy to miss outside of close-ups. |
| 240 | * TheGreatSerpent: He's a snake, and far larger than any of the people of Dirt, making him look like this to them. |
| 241 | * TheGunslinger: A cross between a [[MoreDakka Vaporizer]] and a QuickDraw. He can pump out huge amounts of fire from that Gatling tail, but he can also unleash a quick burst with uncanny accuracy and speed. [[spoiler:He pops Wounded Bird from halfway across town based on nothing but ''the sound of Wounded Bird's gun cocking''.]] |
| 242 | * HannibalLecture: He could have killed Rango easily enough at their first meeting, but seems to feel that he's not even worthy of ''that.'' He calls all Rango's bluffs, humiliates him utterly, and forces him to recant his lies. It crushes the spirits of all the townsfolk. |
| 243 | * HeroKiller: It's established that he killed the previous sheriff of Dirt, not to mention what Bad Bill says about him. |
| 244 | -->"Jake's the GrimReaper, he never leaves without taking a blooming soul!" |
| 245 | * HumiliationConga: He goes through a bit of a wringer at the end that likely puts a few dents into his reputation. [[spoiler:First he gets blasted sky-high by a geyser of water. Then he gets frightened by the bat-riding moles flying in the shape of a hawk. After he empties his weapon on them, he gets held up by Rango and only survives due to the intervention of the Mayor. Finally, he's betrayed by Tortoise John, and only survives ''that'' due to the timely escape of Rango.]] |
| 246 | * HyperAwareness: Even in a fit of panic, he's able to figure out that the hawk in the climax [[spoiler:is a fake]]. |
| 247 | * ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: His Gatling gun/rattle seems to have no realistic way of working (what is the firing mechanism for that thing?), but more importantly, it's very cool. |
| 248 | * InsultBackfire: |
| 249 | -->'''Beans:''' Go to Hell!\ |
| 250 | '''Jake:''' Where do you think I come from? |
| 251 | * JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler:When he encounters Rango for the first time, he breaks his bravado by daring him to shoot Jake with his one bullet. Rango is unable to do it, and Jake berates him for giving the town false hope and for lying about his identity.]] |
| 252 | * KarmaHoudini: He loses a bit of his badass mystique, but he doesn't suffer anything worse. |
| 253 | * KnightOfCerebus: When he shows up, the film's tone goes from light and mischievous to high-stakes drama. |
| 254 | * LackOfEmpathy: He's completely devoid of sympathy and pity for the newcomer Rango, going as far as to humiliate and disgrace him for pretending to be a legend rather than just killing him, his thought process likely being that [[PragmaticVillainy killing Rango would only lionize]] him and prove his claims of heroism. Notably, however, frauds and liars are his BerserkButton, so his excessive cruelty is likely fueled by that hatred. As to whether he is ''completely'' devoid of empathy is left up to question, [[spoiler:though he gains a fair bit of VillainRespect for Rango in the end after he proves himself.]] |
| 255 | * LargeHam: He has almost as much of a flair for the dramatic as Rango, weaving threats of Hellfire and damnation into his speech at every opportunity. |
| 256 | * LaserGuidedKarma: |
| 257 | ** After humiliating Rango, exposing him as a fraud, and running him out of town, Rango eventually returns the favor with a hilarious HumiliationConga. [[spoiler:Jake is ungracefully blasted sky-high by a water geyser, tricked into wasting all his ammo at what he believes to be a hawk, and ultimately left at Rango's mercy.]] |
| 258 | ** [[spoiler:He is eventually backstabbed by Tortoise John, the man who hired him to terrorize the town. By the end of the movie, Jake returns the favor when he drags him out of Dirt for revenge.]] |
| 259 | * LecherousLicking: When confronting Rango, at one point he gathers up Beans in his coils and gives her a lick on the cheek. |
| 260 | * LightningBruiser: The most frightening thing about him, other than how hard he can hit with his Gatling gun, is how ''fast'' he is. [[spoiler:He coils up Tortoise John and drags him off so fast that Rango likely couldn't have stopped him even if he wanted to.]] |
| 261 | * LogicalWeakness: His Gatling gun is a powerful weapon that makes him a bonafide [[OneManArmy One-Snake Army]]. However, once he runs out of bullets, Jake is helpless against anyone else armed with a gun, since his lack of hands leaves him unable to reload his weapon in a timely manner. |
| 262 | * NeverBareheaded: Somehow, his hat ''never'' leaves his head, even when he gets launched in the air by a high-pressure geyser or jostled by a deluge of water. |
| 263 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:By exiling Rango from Dirt, he causes the lizard to walk into the area where the emergency release valve is, revealing the mayor's whole scheme and giving Rango the means to end it and defeat Jake in combat.]] |
| 264 | * NinjaPirateRobotZombie: He's a cowboy rattlesnake with a [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]] [[ArmCannon grafted onto his tail]]. |
| 265 | * NobleDemon: Rattlesnake Jake is a contract killer without an ounce of compassion or pity, but he does exhibit a disgust for lies and treachery, and he respects true courage -- even in an enemy. [[WorthyOpponent Especially]] in an enemy. |
| 266 | * NotWorthKilling: [[spoiler:He refuses to kill Rango, and chooses to disgrace him instead by destroying his reputation as a hero. He and Rango also let the other walk away with their lives; Rango earns his respect by fulfilling his own legend, while Rango lets Jake take revenge on Tortoise John by dragging him out of Dirt.]] |
| 267 | * OhCrap: He inspires this reaction from pretty much everyone when he arrives. [[spoiler:He gets one himself when he faces off against Rango and realizes that the chameleon has found the necessary grit to gun him down.]] |
| 268 | * OohMeAccentsSlipping: Rattlesnake Jake's accent, though otherwise solid, tends to briefly slip into something vaguely resembling Irish. |
| 269 | * PsychoForHire: It's implied that he isn't in his line of work for the money -- his price for service is one ''life.'' |
| 270 | * PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:He's only in town because Tortoise John brought him in to fulfill his vision of the future.]] |
| 271 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:He disgraces Rango in front of the entire town for lying about his identity and for pretending to be a legend.]] |
| 272 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His look like the Eye of Sauron from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. |
| 273 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Unlike Rango and Beans, Rattlesnake Jake is nothing but a snake slithering in the dust. |
| 274 | * RhymingNames: Rattlesn''ake'' J''ake''. |
| 275 | * {{Sadist}}: He takes a twisted glee in Rango's abject humiliation, and his treatment of the other characters suggests that he loves his work. |
| 276 | * ScaryTeeth: Besides his venomous fangs, Jake's mouth is also lined with dozens of razor-sharp teeth that make him look even more demonic. |
| 277 | * ShroudedInMyth: He's regarded as the Grim Reaper by the people of Dirt, and is said to hail from Hell itself. Jake puts his own mystique to good work [[spoiler:intimidating Beans]]. |
| 278 | * SnakesAreSinister: The sole rattlesnake in the cast is the biggest and most menacing character in the movie. [[spoiler:Though it turns out he's not quite the BigBad.]] |
| 279 | * TheSociopath: He's a [[FauxAffablyEvil charming]], sadistic PsychoForHire who does not hesitate to kill and feels no need to justify what he does. [[spoiler:Though he turns out to have some form of noble side, as shown in the end, which elevates him above the completely unempathetic mayor.]] |
| 280 | * SuicidalSadisticChoice: [[spoiler:After Beans refuses to sell her ranch to the Mayor, Jake coils her up and demands that either she signs the land over or he'll crush her to death.]] |
| 281 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: His appearance instantly puts the funnier bits of the movie on the back burner. |
| 282 | * VillainRespect: [[spoiler:After Rango escapes the bank's vault filled with water by using a single bullet, and in doing so saves Rattlesnake Jake from being killed by the Mayor, Rattlesnake Jake develops a respect for Rango.]] |
| 283 | * WesternRattlers: He's a rattlesnake gunslinger with a gun in place of his rattle, a cowboy hat, and bandoliers slung across his body. |
| 284 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Though many would say this is what ''everyone else'' thinks of Jake, he [[spoiler:is afraid of hawks, which is the only thing keeping him away from Dirt. Rango uses this to his advantage by having the moles form a shape of a hawk to fool Jake. It doesn't fool him for long, but it does make him waste his ammo.]] This is somewhat ironic, considering the trope's name. |
| 285 | * WiseSerpent: Villainous example. While Jake gives off the impression that he's just a murderous gun-for-hire, he swiftly proves to be one of the most intelligent characters in the movie, particularly in how immediately deduces that Rango is a fraud and is able to spiritually break with words alone. |
| 286 | * WorthyOpponent: [[spoiler:His opinion of Rango at the end.]] |
| 287 | -->"I tip my hat to you... One legend to another." |
| 288 | * YouWouldntShootMe: Not only does Jake [[spoiler:give Rango a gun during their first meeting, he ''aims it at his own face for him'' and barks at him to pull the trigger, telling Rango that he doesn't have "killer in his eyes". He's right... at that time.]] |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Waffles]] |
| 292 | [[quoteright:310:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/character_thumb_310x175_waffles.jpg]] |
| 293 | [[caption-width-right:310:''"That's the signal! Somethin' musta gone wrong!"'']] |
| 294 | ->'''Voiced by:''' James "Jim" Ward Byrkit |
| 295 | |
| 296 | Part of the {{posse}}, he's a horned lizard with a simpleton personality and less-than-appropriate amount of teeth. Regarding official information about him, he writes "surprisingly bad haiku." |
| 297 | ---- |
| 298 | * AbusiveParents: His father made him cough up marshmallows he had eaten the last evening for breakfast when he was a kid, and, in one line, it's implied his father once took him to a brothel. |
| 299 | * CloudCuckoolander: Although everybody (sans Rango, Beans, and Wounded Bird) in the town could be considered this, Waffles is perhaps the most prominent example. |
| 300 | * TheFool: In comparison to everyone else. |
| 301 | * FriendlyEnemy: He acts as one towards one of the moles for a very brief moment, warning him that he's about to hit his head. |
| 302 | * HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Besides his father making him cough up the marshmallows for breakfast and a few other anecdotes, he, at one point, implies his father took him to a brothel. |
| 303 | * KindheartedSimpleton: He's a rather nice guy, and a bit of a moron. |
| 304 | * {{Manchild}}: Waffles has a childlike personality and matching intelligence. |
| 305 | * ScaryTeeth: Most of the townsfolk have bad teeth, but Waffles' big, crooked, rotten teeth are the most visible. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Wounded Bird]] |
| 309 | [[quoteright:207:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thf6y9i1vy.jpg]] |
| 310 | [[caption-width-right:207:''"Sh! Pick up trail...three men. One with [[BatDeduction enlarged prostate]]. Riding side saddle."'']] |
| 311 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GilBirmingham |
| 312 | |
| 313 | Part of the {{posse}} and Rango's deputy, he's a Native American crow who is a quiet bystander and uses a crutch of some sort to help himself walk. His general information from the movie's website states that his tracking skills are legendary, and that he's big in Finland for reasons unknown. |
| 314 | ---- |
| 315 | * ArtisticLicenseBiology: PlayedForLaughs. Birds don't really have a sense of smell, or have a limited one if they do; definitely not to the extent that Wounded Bird has. |
| 316 | * CaptainObvious: In the video game, it's almost impossible not to find it funny that he keeps repeating "I'm over here", "Over here, Rango" and "I'm here" while Rango is ''goddamn standing right next to him.'' |
| 317 | * CleverCrows: He's a crow, and a very insightful one at that, able to track the water thieves and deduce their personalities with pinpoint accuracy based on their scents, behaviors, and the things they leave behind on their trail. |
| 318 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: In the video game, he gives Rango updates to his abilities by getting sheriff stars traded in return. Wonder what he does with those stars... |
| 319 | * DeadpanSnarker: He slightly slips into this when he becomes Rango's second-in-command, especially when Rango assumes he's a MagicalNativeAmerican played straight. |
| 320 | * ForgotFlandersCouldDoThat: While he usually speaks in short and broken sentences, possibly deliberately to play along with Rango thinking he's a MagicalNativeAmerican, in the latter part of the movie he has lines in perfect English. |
| 321 | * HandicappedBadass: His leg injury doesn't seem to slow him down very much. |
| 322 | * HypercompetentSidekick: To Rango. He's the deputy to the lizard's sheriff, but not only is he a lot more serious and experienced in the desert, he has a much better idea of how to track down the water thieves. |
| 323 | * TheLancer: To Rango, sort of, as he names Wounded Bird to be his deputy. |
| 324 | * MagicalNativeAmerican: Parodied with his character. |
| 325 | -->'''Wounded Bird:''' ''[scattering feathers in the air]''\ |
| 326 | '''Rango:''' I see you're consulting with the spirits.\ |
| 327 | '''Wounded Bird:''' No, I'm molting. Means I'm ready to mate. |
| 328 | * MysteriousPast: His information on the movie website says that he's "big in Finland for some reason". There are no hints of this in the movie whatsoever, so one could only wonder how and why he's been to Finland and what he did there. |
| 329 | * TheNoseKnows: It sure does! See ScarilyCompetentTracker to realize how much he can learn about someone simply by smelling their scent. |
| 330 | * TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak much, the one way his MagicalNativeAmerican tendencies are played straight. |
| 331 | * ScarilyCompetentTracker: He can smell blindness, or if a person has a large prostate. |
| 332 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Had he not tried to [[spoiler:shoot Jake]], the snake wouldn't have [[spoiler:moved to the spot where Rango installed his trap]]. |
| 333 | * ShapedLikeItself: He's a bird who's been wounded, making him a Wounded Bird. |
| 334 | * TerseTalker: For the most part, when he talks, he doesn't talk much. |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder:Ambrose]] |
| 338 | [[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_46123.jpg]] |
| 339 | [[caption-width-right:210:''"Wait a moment, that's only six! What happened to the seventh?!"'']] |
| 340 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IanAbercrombie |
| 341 | |
| 342 | Part of the {{posse}}. An owl of some sort, he dresses like a gentleman and, according to his official information, is a professional gambler and can speak 12 languages. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * AllThereInTheManual: Most of what we know about him isn't shown in the film proper, but is only in the supplementary materials. |
| 345 | * IAmBigBoned: [[FatAndProud If only a matter of speculation]] -- Ambrose is notably round, but it might be just because he's an owl. |
| 346 | * TheOwlKnowingOne: According to his official info, he can speak in 12 languages. |
| 347 | * ProfessionalGambler: Again according to supplemental material, but he is first seen in the film playing cards. |
| 348 | * QuintessentialBritishGentleman: He acts and dresses the part, right down to a cane and top-hat. |
| 349 | * TheSmartGuy: He's notably the one who realizes Rango has only detailed how six of the seven Jenkins Brothers were killed in his story, and he's generally the most educated person in dirt. |
| 350 | * TuxedoAndMartini: When he's seen while Rango steps into the saloon for the first time, Ambrose is wearing his usual tuxedo with a top hat, and there's a shot glass filled with cactus juice beside him. |
| 351 | [[/folder]] |
| 352 | |
| 353 | [[folder:Doc Kenny]] |
| 354 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture1_03.PNG]] |
| 355 | [[caption-width-right:350:Which one-a you fellers needs a checkup?]] |
| 356 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephenRoot |
| 357 | |
| 358 | Doctor to the town of Dirt. Frequently found passed out on the bartop of the local saloon. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * AllThereInTheManual: there's a wealth of info about him that's only available in the game or other media, including his age, weight, and place of birth. |
| 361 | * TheAlcoholic: His EstablishingCharacterMoment has him so drunk he's passed out in the saloon, only waking up to mistakenly order a drink when he hears Rango ask for water. He follows it up later by regaining enough consciousness to shout "drinks all around!". He also carries and uses a flask regularly. |
| 362 | * CaptainObvious: A lot of his dialogue involves this. Most notably when he checks the pulse on the Hawk that's [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill currently buried under a mountain of sand after a giant metal water tower fell on its head]] |
| 363 | * CloudCuckooLander: A given, as a resident of Dirt. He mistakes Wounded Bird identifying one of the bank robbers suffering from an enlarged prostate as a suggestion that someone in the posse needs a colonoscopy. |
| 364 | * DeadpanSnarker: When Rango attempts to show off his "scar" from battling with Rattlesnake Jake. |
| 365 | -->'''Doc:''' Fascinatin', that there's a belly button. |
| 366 | * ScarsAreForever: Overlaps with FashionableAsymmetry. He's missing an ear, all the way down to the base of his skull |
| 367 | * TheStoic: By and large the tone of his voice never wavers, unless he's in a drunken stupor. Even walking past an entire wall that turns out to merely be the eye of some massive underground creature barely fazes him. |
| 368 | -->'''Doc:''' That's a big one. *takes swig of his flask* |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Spoons]] |
| 372 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture2_45.PNG]] |
| 373 | [[caption-width-right:350:Thank you, Spirit of the West, for sending a man like Sheriff Rango to us]] |
| 374 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Alex Managuin |
| 375 | |
| 376 | Resident of Dirt who likes to play [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Spoons]] as an instrument |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * AccidentalHero: his decision to fire off a shot as part of his role as "The Signal" is what creates the opening for Rango and the posse to grab the stolen water jug and escape the mole people. |
| 379 | * AmbiguouslyGay: He describes having Rango-in-a-dress land on him as "not altogether unpleasant" |
| 380 | * AnimalFacialHair: his fur grows into a massive beard that hangs from his face. |
| 381 | * DirtyCoward: Played with, as he immediately backs off when Rango fires back at his YourMom comment in the bar, but otherwise is perfectly willing to ride into battle with the rest of the posse. |
| 382 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Spoons is the only moniker anyone uses for him. |
| 383 | * FaceOfAThug: his squinted eyes and long facial hair give him a far more intimidating appearance than he actually lives up to. |
| 384 | * ShamingTheMob: He's the face of this when the mob comes to lynch the Mole family. Rango's EtTuBrute to him immediately causes him to go from "Let's cut off their giblets!" to admitting they're all just freightened about the missing water. |
| 385 | * TooMuchInformation: His contribution to the campfire discussion immediately incurs this: |
| 386 | -->'''Spoons''': I found [[BeyondTheImpossible an entire human spinal column]] in my fecal matter once. |
| 387 | [[/folder]] |
| 388 | |
| 389 | [[folder:Elgin]] |
| 390 | [[quoteright:477:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elgin_7.JPG]] |
| 391 | [[caption-width-right:477:''"[[DueToTheDead I dunno]], Birds [[SubvertedTrope gotta eat too]]"'']] |
| 392 | ->'''Voiced by:''' John Cothran, Jr. |
| 393 | Part of the {{posse}}. He's a grim bobcat whose past is shrouded in mystery. |
| 394 | ---- |
| 395 | * AnimalsNotToScale: He's a bobcat that's the same size as a chameleon. |
| 396 | * BadassLongcoat: He wears one. |
| 397 | * TheComicallySerious: While most of the citizens of Dirt are eccentric in one way or another, Elgin remains grim and self-serious through and through. |
| 398 | * FaceOfAThug: His grim appearance and demeanor certainly give off a sinister vibe but he's one of the good guys. |
| 399 | * PerpetualFrowner: He's usually seen scowling and grumbling. |
| 400 | [[/folder]] |
| 401 | |
| 402 | [[folder:Sergeant Turley]] |
| 403 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/capture3_37.PNG]] |
| 404 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[JustAFleshWound Does what hurt?]]]] |
| 405 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GoreVerbinski |
| 406 | |
| 407 | What appears to be a former Confederate Soldier now living in Dirt. |
| 408 | ---- |
| 409 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Thinks Rango referring to "something in his eye" is his hereditary conjunctivitis rather than the massive arrow sticking out of his right eye. |
| 410 | * CreatorCameo: He's voiced by the film's director. |
| 411 | * EyeScream: He's got an arrow through his right eye, as shown in the image above, but it doesn't bother him. |
| 412 | * HandicappedBadass: He's an ex-sergeant, has what by all rights should be a lethal injury, and has conjunctivitis. Despite this he's no notably worse in performance than anyone else in the posse. |
| 413 | * MadeOfIron: He has an arrow going ''through his eye and out the back of his head'' and is largely unfazed. |
| 414 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: While arguing over where to go after they stumble across the drained aquafer under Dirt, he says "We are experiencing a paradigm shift!" |
| 415 | * SouthernFriedPrivate: Or Sergeant. His accent and grasp of reality paints him as this. |
| 416 | [[/folder]] |
| 417 | |
| 418 | [[folder:Roadkill]] |
| 419 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/roadkill_8.jpg]] |
| 420 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I must get to the other side"'']] |
| 421 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AlfredMolina |
| 422 | |
| 423 | An armadillo that doesn't have the best luck with crossing the road or cars. |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | * AmbiguousSituation: Given that his first appearance involves him getting run over by a car and having his midsection flattened (but he immediately recovers from it), and he never interacts with anyone but Rango, it's unclear if he's a ghost or just an eccentric hermit with cartoon physics on his side. |
| 426 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: He's shown to have his midsection crushed after being run over by a car. A little later, however, he's perfectly fine. |
| 427 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: Assuming he's actually dead after his midsection is shown having suddenly healed, anyway. His attempt to cross the road is what caused the traffic accident that sent Rango flying out of his family's car and kickstarting the main plot. |
| 428 | * SpiritAdvisor: He has this general vibe -- Rango is the only character who interacts with him, and he appears whenever Rango is near "the other side of the road", a mystical realm. |
| 429 | * UnexplainedRecovery: After being very clearly introduced bisected by a car, he shows up a few camera cuts later completely intact and mobile. |
| 430 | * WildWestArmadillo: He's the first character Rango meets upon being released from his vivarium. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:The Mariachi Owls]] |
| 434 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rangoowls.png]] |
| 435 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Tonight we sing of the life and untimely death of a great legend!"'']] |
| 436 | ->'''Voiced by:''' George [=DelHoyo=] (Señor Flan) |
| 437 | |
| 438 | A quartet of owls that are sort of like ''Romeo and Juliet's'' chorus, either providing exposition or playing the background music. |
| 439 | ----- |
| 440 | * DeadpanSnarker: |
| 441 | -->'''Accordionist:''' When is he going to die?\ |
| 442 | '''Guitarist:''' ''[depressed sigh]'' [[FromACertainPointOfView Soon.]] |
| 443 | * EveryoneHasStandards: They spend the whole movie mocking and dismissing Rango as only edging ever closer to his inevitable doom, but even they look crestfallen when [[spoiler:Rattlesnake Jake breaks the chameleon's spirit and has him exiled from Dirt, so much that they're seen packing their instruments away.]] |
| 444 | * FromACertainPointOfView: [[spoiler:The movie ends off without Rango's death despite the owls having stated that the story would lead to his doom; in fact, the film has a very happy ending with everybody better off (except for [[BigBad the Mayor]]). The guitarist states that Rango will more likely die later on in the future, such as from a household accident.]] |
| 445 | * GratuitousMariachiBand: Well, as much as the setting must be close to Mexico, doesn't make it any less fitting of the trope! |
| 446 | * GreekChorus: They function as one together, though the head of the group does this most, with the others echoing him. |
| 447 | * InteractiveNarrator: Rango and the other characters are aware of their presence, even occasionally signaling to them to start playing. |
| 448 | * LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Sometimes it turns out they are playing the score, once even having an owl playing the solo of the EnnioMorriconePastiche. |
| 449 | * LemonyNarrator: They constantly narrate that Rango will meet some doom or the other. |
| 450 | * LyingByOmission: They claim that [[spoiler:Rango will die.]] The movie's plot progresses and [[spoiler:he's still alive and well to see the end credits.]] When one of the band members questions the narrator on this, he says that [[spoiler:Rango will still die -- ''someday,'' [[LifeWillKillYou because everyone does]].]] |
| 451 | * NoFourthWall: Unlike the other characters, they speak directly to the viewer. |
| 452 | * RockersSmashGuitars: An owl is seen smashing his guitar in the credits, while another sets his on fire [[Music/JimiHendrix Hendrix]]-style. |
| 453 | [[/folder]] |
| 454 | |
| 455 | [[folder:Rock-Eye the Toad]] |
| 456 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1808249903_rangofrog1_5.jpg]] |
| 457 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"BLEND IN!"'']] |
| 458 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Joseph Nunez |
| 459 | |
| 460 | A desert toad whom Rango meets shortly before the hawk chase. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * AssholeVictim: He's rather rude to Rango when they first meet, and is carried off to his presumed death moments later. |
| 463 | * CurseCutShort: "You son of a-" ''[hawk screeches]'' |
| 464 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: If he actually stayed where he was and kept posing as a rock, the hawk wouldn't have snatched him up. |
| 465 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He is rude towards Rango when they meet, but he's only trying to survive, and Rango's panicking isn't helping matters. |
| 466 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He appears for a short scene and then is carried off by the hawk, never to be seen again. |
| 467 | [[/folder]] |
| 468 | |
| 469 | [[folder:The Hawk]] |
| 470 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b91f6cfeb7c282167e5b688f75935261.jpg]] |
| 471 | |
| 472 | A red-tailed hawk that we first meet after Rango's tank falls out of the car in the middle of nowhere. |
| 473 | ---- |
| 474 | * BrutalBirdOfPrey: It's clearly been terrorizing the town for some time, and is currently the page image for this trope. |
| 475 | * TheDreaded: The hawk is feared by ''Rattlesnake Jake'', and is the only thing keeping Jake at bay. |
| 476 | * EvilVersusEvil: It's collectively agreed that the hawk is the lesser of two evils. It may be bad, but Rattlesnake Jake is ''[[TheDreaded more dangerous]]''. [[spoiler:[[TakeAThirdOption However, both the hawk and Rattlesnake Jake are nothing compared to Tortoise John, who is far more worse than them combined.]]]] |
| 477 | * FeatheredFiend: It terrorizes the town of Dirt, and is all too eager to snap up any unfortunate sap it can get its talons on for lunch. |
| 478 | * ItCanThink: The hawk is intelligent enough to operate a vending machine, and place a specific order using its {{Feather Finger|s}}. |
| 479 | * NecessarilyEvil: The townsfolk of Dirt are frightened of the hawk, but if it dies, [[TheDreaded Rattlesnake Jake]] might show up. Nobody wants that. |
| 480 | * PsychoticSmirk: It's fond of giving these to its prey. |
| 481 | * PurelyAestheticGender: Rock-Eye the toad refers to her with female pronouns, but her gender would be indiscernible besides that. Female hawks are larger than the males, however, befitting her status as TheDreaded. |
| 482 | * ShownTheirWork: The hawk is modeled after a red-tailed hawk, which is where the classic StockSoundEffect bird-of-prey screech originated from, and indeed it makes those very screeches. |
| 483 | * SilentSnarker: It has no dialogue outside of screeching, but smirks at Rango while operating the vending machine. |
| 484 | * StarterVillain: It's the first antagonist Rango has to deal with in the film, and is the first adversary he defeats to set him up as a hero to the people of Dirt. |
| 485 | * SuperPersistentPredator: Even after it catches Rock-Eye the toad, the hawk continues to just have it in for Rango, amd chases him all across the town of Dirt, ignoring all the other people that would have made suitable prey. |
| 486 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: The hawk's face once it sees the water tower is about to come down on its head appears to be a mix of stunned surprise and the realization that ThisIsGonnaSuck. |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | [[folder:Mr. Johannes "Fluffy Joe" Merrimack III]] |
| 490 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/StephenRoot |
| 491 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iknowthatfeelbro_606597b55e5736ba5eef6a20ff4c15e1.jpg]] |
| 492 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[NervousWreck Uh-ah-um-oh dear-uh]]]] |
| 493 | |
| 494 | Dirt's banker who mysteriously disappears a little while after Rango comes to Dirt. |
| 495 | ---- |
| 496 | * DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:After the posse finds his body, Doc closes his eyes]]. |
| 497 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:He is killed by the Mayor's gang after he began looking into the water situation]]. |
| 498 | * InkSuitActor: Of all the characters he voices in ''Rango'', Stephen Root most resembles Mr. Merrimack. |
| 499 | * NervousWreck: He's introduced taking tablets, and in general seems like a nervous guy. |
| 500 | * OverlyLongName: Downplayed, as his first and last name both have three syllables, but his name otherwise doesn't stand out much as far as names go. |
| 501 | * ParentalSubstitute: Apparently he's been this for Beans ever since her father [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial did not fall drunk down a mineshaft]]. |
| 502 | * PovertyFood: Because water is both valuable and scarce in Dirt, he is forced to dunk his antacid tablets in...an empty glass. Which he then proceeds to "drink" and loudly crunch on the tablets. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Angélique]] |
| 506 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d1uxsaxucaamixd.jpg]] |
| 507 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Ze Mayor will see you now"'']] |
| 508 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ClaudiaBlack |
| 509 | |
| 510 | A French-accented red fox that works as the Mayor's secretary. |
| 511 | ---- |
| 512 | * AnimalsNotToScale: She's a red fox that's the same size as a chameleon and desert iguana. |
| 513 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She may have a petty rivalry going with Beans, but she is appalled by the depths [[spoiler: the Mayor]] will go to further his goals. |
| 514 | * EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: She speaks with a French accent, which only heightens the image of sexiness she's going for. |
| 515 | * FoxyVixen: The sexiest character in the film is, unsurprisingly, the fox. |
| 516 | * HumanoidFemaleAnimal: Even more so than Beans, even having HartmanHips. |
| 517 | * PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:She works as Tortoise John's secretary, but otherwise doesn't engage in any real villainous behavior. Once he's out of the picture, she simply finds employment elsewhere in Mud.]] |
| 518 | * SexySecretary: She plays the part to the Mayor. |
| 519 | * SitcomArchnemesis: For Beans, who both trade catty insults in the one interaction they have. The reasons for their animosity are never elaborated on. |
| 520 | * SmokingIsGlamorous : She's rarely seen without her cigarette holder. |
| 521 | [[/folder]] |
| 522 | |
| 523 | [[folder:The Mole Family]] |
| 524 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryDeanStanton (Pappy), Creator/RyanHurst (Jebidiah), Creator/VincentKartheiser (Ezekiel) |
| 525 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2011_rango_018.jpg]] |
| 526 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[TemptingFate My]] ''[[TemptingFate entire]]'' [[TemptingFate family?]]]] |
| 527 | |
| 528 | Belligerent, numerous, and possessed of strange ideas concerning property ownership, they are a community unto themselves, headed by their patriarch, known simply as "Pappy". |
| 529 | ---- |
| 530 | * AllThereInTheManual: According to the credits, Pappy's name is "Balthazar". |
| 531 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The moles' various armaments include guns, dynamite, hatchets, knives of various sizes, digging equipment, a cheese grater, and an egg beater. |
| 532 | * CassandraTruth: Justified, as they are admitted bank robbers, so the townspeople of Dirt have good reason to not believe them, but when Pappy, Jebidiah, and Ezekiel are accused of and arrested for bank robbery and the murder of Mr. Merrimack, [[spoiler: they protest that the bank was already robbed when they got there and someone else killed Mr. Merrimack. Fortunately for them, Rango does believe them, and though he still arrests them, he immediately begins to suspect and investigate the actual culprit, the Mayor.]] |
| 533 | * ClearMyName: Their reason for helping [[spoiler:Rango take on Rattlesnake Jake.]] |
| 534 | * DecoyAntagonist: They are set up to be the cause of Dirt's water problems. [[spoiler: At first.]] |
| 535 | * DeadpanSnarker: Pappy has his moments. |
| 536 | * DeepSouth: '''In spades.''' Even though they're all native to the Southwest, the Mole Clan is pretty much one big satirical look at this trope. |
| 537 | ** Also, their playing banjos during the mounted bat fight alludes to ''Film/{{Deliverance}}.'' |
| 538 | *** [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic Playing Ride of the Valkyries on banjos.]] |
| 539 | * TheDragon: Maybelle, the de-facto leader when Pappy is absent. She is the only other named mole besides Pappy, Ezekiel, and Jedidiah. |
| 540 | * DysfunctionJunction: Pappy is abusive and his sons are stupid. Wounded Bird says they need an intervention. |
| 541 | * EvilCripple: Pappy is blind, and uses a cane -- not that he really needs the cane, as he mostly just uses it to whup on his progeny. Maybelle has a clubfoot and correcting footwear. |
| 542 | * TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: They act the part, hooting and hollering as they chase the posse through the canyon in swarms. |
| 543 | * GatlingGood: Several of their bat steeds are armed with actual hand-cranked Gatling guns to provide heavy firepower in the sky. |
| 544 | * GogglesDoNothing: Averted. They are in fact quite useful both below ground and high above it. |
| 545 | * {{Gonk}}: And considering the Ugly Cute nature of the rest of the characters, that's saying something. |
| 546 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Rango enlists their aid to take out Rattlesnake Jake in exchange for freeing their family members from Dirt's jail and clearing their name.]] |
| 547 | * HiddenDepths: Despite their apparent lack of sophistication, Pappy and his sons do appear to enjoy theatre, and not just because they like "[[GirlOnGirlIsHot thespians]]." |
| 548 | * HillbillyHorrors: The ''entire'' family makes their presence known by rising from the dirt like a horde of zombies and chanting about making food out of other animals. |
| 549 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: They even have a ''system'' worked out, complete with a rousing cry and a platoon of trained bats. |
| 550 | --> ''"I likes it when they run."'' |
| 551 | * MadeOfExplodium: ...The hell are they ''feeding'' those bats?! |
| 552 | * MauveShirt: Of the god-knows-how-many moles we see, only ''four'' are named onscreen; Pappy, Ezekiel, and Jedidiah (the first three moles we see), and Maybelle, Pappy's lieutenant. |
| 553 | * MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Their attempt to rob the bank of Dirt reveals that [[spoiler: the water was already gone when they got there]] |
| 554 | * NonIndicativeName: Played with, as their patriarch is a mole, while a good number of them appear to actually be gophers, prairie dogs, and/or other underground dwelling animals. |
| 555 | * NoodleImplements: The "prospecting equipment" Rango gives them includes an Etch-A-Sketch and a loofah sponge, which [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike Jedidiah takes an instant liking to]]. |
| 556 | * TheNoseKnows: Pappy, who is blind, seems to navigate primarily through smell. [[FurryReminder Which is not unusual for a mole.]] |
| 557 | * ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Balthazar, Jedidiah, and Ezekiel are all biblical names. This makes Maybelle the OddNameOut. |
| 558 | * ScreamingWarrior: The moles let out a gobbling war cry (similar to a Confederate [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebel_yell Rebel yell]]) before giving chase to Rango's wagon, further cementing them as expies of the DeepSouth. |
| 559 | --> '''Pappy:''' Maybelle! Give [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame the holler!]] |
| 560 | * TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Pappy relaxes ''considerably'' after finding out the new sheriff "looks like he sounds". |
| 561 | * StuffBlowingUp: They make liberal use of dynamite, and their bats explode when they crash. |
| 562 | * SurroundedByIdiots: Pappy, who is well aware of it, and not at all happy about it. His walking stick sees more use [[DopeSlap thumping heads]] than as a blind man's cane. |
| 563 | * ThreatBackfire: See ZergRush. |
| 564 | * VillainSong: Their chant. |
| 565 | -->♪ Grit and spit and collared greens ♪ |
| 566 | -->♪ Waffle chitons, monkey brains ♪ |
| 567 | -->♪ Refried bones and booger blood ♪ |
| 568 | -->♪ Pickled eggs and flaps of mud ♪ |
| 569 | * WickedCultured: A gang of inbred thieves who know how to play "Music/RideOfTheValkyries" like an orchestra. With banjos and empty moonshine jugs. |
| 570 | * ZergRush: The Mole family might have more extra chromosomes than teeth, but one marvels at the problems that can be solved by throwing the sum total of your kinsmen at a given situation. Overlaps with WeHaveReserves [[spoiler:in the final fight, where the plan is to have Rattlesnake Jake empty his guns shooting at them so Rango can safely walk right up to him with his One Bullet.]] |
| 571 | -->'''Rango:''' We've got you surrounded! You and your entire family get your hands up where I can see 'em!\ |
| 572 | '''Pappy:''' ''[chuckles]'' My ''[[TemptingFate entire]]'' family? |
| 573 | [[/folder]] |
| 574 | |
| 575 | [[folder:Melonee]] |
| 576 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/_75.jpeg]] |
| 577 | [[caption-width-right:350: Did it with one bullet, Bill!]] |
| 578 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kym Whitley |
| 579 | |
| 580 | A female frog that we see briefly. |
| 581 | ---- |
| 582 | * NonMammalMammaries: Out of the female cast of the movie, she has the most obvious ones. |
| 583 | * TheOldestProfession: As much as a children's movie can get away with, she's implied to be a hooker. |
| 584 | * SassyBlackWoman: She has the voice and cadence of one. |
| 585 | [[/folder]] |
| 586 | |
| 587 | [[folder:The Spirit of the West]] |
| 588 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/actor_clint_eastwood_261167_large.jpg]] |
| 589 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"No man can walk out of his own story."'']] |
| 590 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TimothyOlyphant |
| 591 | A mysterious spirit, resembling [[Film/DollarsTrilogy the Man with No Name]], that advises Rango in the film's climax. |
| 592 | ---- |
| 593 | * CrypticConversation: He prefers to phrase his advice in vague riddles rather than directly telling Rango what to do. |
| 594 | * ExactWords: When Rango makes up the story of the Spirit of the West to his posse, he describes the Spirit as "riding an alabaster carriage" and protected by "golden guardians". When he meets the spirit for real, those details are true, but they take the form of a golf cart and ersatz Oscar statues, respectively. |
| 595 | * TheExpyWithNoName: He takes on the appearance of an old gunslinger with a poncho, cowboy hat, and a gravelly voice. Indeed, Rango ''recognizes'' him as the Man with No Name and says so outright, heavily implying the spirit has taken the form of Clint Eastwood himself in-universe too. |
| 596 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Roadkill the Armadillo indicates that the Spirit takes different forms depending on who he talks to. For Rango, a movie-loving lizard, he takes the form of a gunslinging Western hero. |
| 597 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Is he a hallucination? A true manifestation of the Spirit of the West? Did Rango simply happen to encounter an eccentric Clint Eastwood? Either way, he's what Rango needed to see. |
| 598 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His appearance is based on Creator/ClintEastwood, specifically his "Man with No Name" character in the Film/DollarsTrilogy. |
| 599 | * SpiritAdvisor: He appears to Rango in the climax of the film, advising him to embrace the heroic gunslinger personality he pretended to be. |
| 600 | * TokenHuman: The only human character in the film to be seen clearly and have substantial dialogue, though he would appear to be a shapechanging spirit rather than an actual human. |
| 601 | [[/folder]] |
| 602 |
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