Line #16 Characters/AttackTheBlock


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!The Gang
4
5	[[folder:In General]]
6	* AntiVillain: They may be delinquents but they are loyal to each other, and trying to cope in an impoverished reality.
7	* {{Delinquent}}: When your introduction is basically "a gang of teen muggers decide to pick on a nurse on Bonfire Night", you've hit this trope. Deconstructed, though: given their various backgrounds, they don't have many other readily available options. The more the film goes on, the more humanisation for the audience they get.
8	* DontTellMama: A common theme with those who have family who care. "Playing video games at a mate's..."
9	* HiddenDepths: All of them, even the tag-alongs Probz & Mayhem, have surprising levels of expertise and characterization hidden within some of the daft stuff they say and pull.
10	* TheYardies: Or, at least, the kids of Yardies and apt to take up the trade. These guys are third or fourth generation, but still stuck in Estate life.
11	[[/folder]]
12
13	[[folder:Moses]]
14	!!Moses
15	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnBoyega
16
17	A quiet teenage gang leader and orphan looking for respect around the Block.
18	----
19	* AntiHero: Moses is a low-level criminal and mugger on the verge of becoming a drug dealer but he's also a brave, loyal person in a difficult place in life.
20	* BadassBiker: Moses is the only one who doesn't crash his bike at any point.
21	* HeldGaze: Dude rocks this as a whole communication style.
22	* HiddenDepths: Much of the film revolves around the fact that there's more to Moses and his friends than meets the eye. Moses might be a low-ranking mugger, but he has a sense of honor and a difficult home life.
23	* ImpliedLoveInterest: Moses and Tia seem to hold some romantic interest in each other.
24	* MinorLivingAlone: On paper, Moses lives with his Uncle, who is almost never around.
25	* RedOniBlueOni: He's the blue to Dennis's red.
26	* StandardizedLeader: He often comes off as this.
27	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Given the way he looks and acts, you'd swear he must be between eighteen and twenty. It turns out he's only fifteen.
28	[[/folder]]
29
30	[[folder:Pest]]
31	!!Pest
32	->'''Played By:''' Alex Esmail
33
34	Moses' smart aleck second-in-command of the gang.
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36	* BatterUp: Uses an aluminum bat as his backup weapon.
37	* BuffySpeak: You can thank him for coining the term "Big alien gorilla-wolf motherfuckers" to describe the aliens.
38	* DeadpanSnarker: The most sarcastic of the group.
39	* FatalFireworks: Uses fireworks as his main weapon.
40	%%* TheLancer
41	* MadeOfIron: Spends most of the film with bad bite wounds in his leg.
42	* PluckyComicRelief: He often says the funny lines in the group.
43	* ShoutOut: According to writer/director Joe Cornish, the rockets sticking out of Pest's backpack are an homage to [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]].
44	* TokenWhite: He's the only white member of the gang
45	[[/folder]]
46
47	[[folder:Dennis]]
48	!!Dennis
49	->'''Played By:''' Franz Drameh
50
51	A hotheaded pizza delivery boy and member of the gang.
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53	* TheBigGuy: The most hotheaded of the group and the first to brandish the katana.
54	* BigGuyFatalitySyndrome: [[spoiler:He's the first of the gang to die.]]
55	* CarFu: Uses a police van to kill one of the aliens.
56	* HotBlooded: He's easily the most aggressive and quick to anger out of the gang.
57	* RedOniBlueOni: He's the red to Moses's blue.
58	* TokenEvilTeammate: He's the most unpleasant gang member and is perfectly willing to leave Sam to die because he views her as an annoyance.
59	[[/folder]]
60
61	[[folder:Jerome]]
62	!!Jerome
63	->'''Played By:''' Leeon Jones
64
65	A schoolboy and member of the gang.
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67	* MacheteMayhem: Picks up a machete as his weapon.
68	* NerdGlasses: He wears a thick pair of glasses.
69	* OnlySaneMan: He's often the voice of reason and the most level-headed in the gang.
70	* TokenGoodTeammate: Not that the rest of the gang are evil, but Jerome is the most blatantly likable and even-tempered member. He sympathizes with Sam and certainly doesn't enjoy the mugging, even less so than the other members.
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder:Biggz]]
74	!!Biggz
75	->'''Played By:''' Simon Howard
76
77	The youngest member of the gang.
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79	* GarbageHideout: Spends most of the movie stuck in a dumpster after getting separated from the rest of the gang.
80	* NonActionGuy: Biggz doesn't carry a weapon and doesn't have a bike, which means the other gang members have to carry him everywhere.
81	[[/folder]]
82
83	!Other Block Residents
84
85	[[folder:Sam]]
86	!!Samantha "Sam" Adams
87	->'''Played By:''' Creator/JodieWhittaker
88
89	A nurse and new resident of the Block.
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91	* ActionSurvivor: She's an average nurse who is not physically capable as other Block residents but she manages to survive and even to kill an alien attacking Moses.
92	* DeadpanSnarker: She has a subtle wit exasperated by the...'challenging' circumstances.
93	* HeldGaze: Frequently with Moses.
94	* TheMedic: She's a recently graduated nurse.
95	* TheNotLoveInterest: A key dynamic of the film is her relationship with Moses, but it's never romantic. It's a gradual development of understanding, respect and friendship after an initial antagonistic encounter.
96	[[/folder]]
97
98	[[folder:Ron]]
99	!!Ron
100	->'''Played By:''' Creator/NickFrost
101
102	The local weed dealer who lives in the penthouse of the Block and knows everyone.
103	----
104	* TheStoner: Well, he does deal weed. It's a professional side effect.
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	[[folder:Hi-Hatz]]
108	!!Hi-Hatz
109	->'''Played By:''' Jumayn Hunter
110
111	Ron's feared boss and the local psychotic gangster of the Block.
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113	* AxCrazy: Hi-Hatz is as bloodthirsty as the aliens; he swings from mood to mood, kills when he feels like it and pulls out his gun at the slightest provocation. He actually gets progressively ''worse'' as the night goes on.
114	* BigBadEnsemble: He's the main human antagonist.
115	%%* CoolShades
116	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: He gets pinned down by a horde of aliens zombie movie style and EatenAlive.]]
117	* DrivesLikeCrazy: To the point where it's a wonder that he's alive in the first place.
118	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Introduced while singing along to a rap song about shooting a snitch.
119	* FauxAffablyEvil: Extremely faux. Even Mayhem and Probz don't seem fooled by his friendly act, and just give him information to get him out of their hair.
120	* LipLosses: [[spoiler: When the aliens dog-pile him, one of them bites his lips off before they start eating him.]]
121	* NasalTrauma: [[spoiler:The aliens bite off his nose when they start eating him.]]
122	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name isn't revealed; the Block knows him solely as Hi-Hatz.
123	* RevengeBeforeReason: You would think that a man who notices the block is full of man-eating aliens [[spoiler:especially because he barely survived being eaten by them]] would get out and wait and see if Moses becomes alien chow, but he wishes to put a bullet between Moses' eyes come hell or high water.
124	* SkewedPriorities: Actual aliens? Man-eating aliens? All of his goons killed by said man-eating aliens? There's disrespect that needs to be avenged!
125	* StupidEvil: He is driven to kill Moses for his disrespect and he will get it, even if that means [[spoiler:prioritizing trying to shoot Moses over defending himself when aliens come knocking.]]
126	* XTremeKoolLetterz: It's right there in the name.
127	[[/folder]]
128
129	[[folder:Tia]]
130	!!Tia
131	->'''Played By:''' Danielle Vitalis
132
133	A resident of the Block.
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135	* ActionGirl: The girl is a serious badass; [[spoiler:when aliens attack, she barely hesitates to attack right back.]]
136	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted; she's implied to have a crush on Moses, but is highly critical of his criminal lifestyle.
137	* ImprovisedWeapon: Picks up a lamp and breaks it to make a makeshift taser.
138	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:She, Dimples, and their friends flee the block when Dennis is killed.]]
139	* WhatTheHellHero: She gives a few of these to Moses.
140	[[/folder]]
141
142	[[folder:Dimples]]
143	!!Dimples
144	->'''Played By:''' Paige Meade
145
146	A resident of the Block.
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148	* ImprovisedWeapon: Uses an ice skate to kill an alien.
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	[[folder:Mayhem & Probs]]
152	!!Reginald & Gavin A.K.A. Probs & Mayhem
153	->'''Played By:''' Michael Ajao & Sammy Williams
154
155	* IJustWantToBeBadass: They naively aspire to be like Moses and his friends, who they see as tough gangsters. [[spoiler:They do, however, get to be badass when they fight one of the aliens.]]
156	* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How they kill the alien menacing Biggz; one of them sprays the alien with oil and the other throws a flare at it.]]
157	* ThoseTwoGuys: They always appear together.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	!Other Characters
161
162	[[folder:Brewis]]
163	!!Brewis
164	->'''Played By:''' Luke Treadaway
165
166	A student stoner and one of Ron's customers.
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168	* AuthorAvatar: Joe Cornish has admitted that Brewis is his stand-in; a well-meaning but dorky and inept young stoner.
169	* ChekhovsSkill: Brewis' stoned intake of nature documentaries turns out to be quite useful with regards to theorizing on the nature of the aliens.
170	* EruditeStoner: For the entirety of his screen-time he's at least semi-high, but no less coherent.
171	* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: He's introduced hilariously lip-synching to KRS-One. He later tries to bond with the Gang, but he's clearly a middle-class dork and they aren't impressed.
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	[[folder:The Aliens]]
175
176	The main antagonists of the film, the unnamed Aliens are ferocious beasts that rain from the sky to wreak havoc on the Block and its inhabitants.
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178	* AlienBlood: The aliens have dark blue blood, so dark that it look almost black unless smeared on something.
179	* AliensInCardiff: Gorilla-wolf motherfuckers in a South London slum.
180	* BioluminescenceIsCool: They have glowing neon ''teeth''.
181	* BizarreSexualDimorphism: The first, small alien killed at the beginning [[spoiler: is in fact a female, while the males are hulking, black ape-like beasts.]]
182	* DarkIsEvil: The aliens are black, so black that ''they seem to absorb all light'' and none of their external features can be easily seen, save for the neon-blue teeth.
183	* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The first small alien, after being killed by the gang, is paraded around like a trophy by the boys, [[spoiler: which backfires on them horribly later on.]]
184	* EyelessFace: Both types of alien have no eyes, relying on echolocation and smell.
185	* LightningBruiser: Are very fleet of foot, and can even outrun the boys on motorcycles!
186	* MadeOfIron: The film does a good job showing the aliens as tough but not invincible. Tia and Dimples are able to take one down but only after electrocuting it, covering it with a blanket to disorient it, then repeatedly pummeling it with lamp stand and an ice skate blade for several minutes. On the other hand, another alien takes six bullets from Hi-Hatz and still manages to slaughter both of his companions.
187	%%* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: And they ''glow in the dark!''%%ZCE
188	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Though it is killed by Moses and the gang, the first small alien manages to put up quite a fight and wounds Moses in the process.
189	* SenseImpairedMonster: The aliens have no visible eyes (or any visible anatomical feature for that matter, with the exception of their maws filled with glowing turquoise fangs) and [[TheNoseKnows hunt by smell]]. This factors into TheReveal that [[spoiler:the small white alien Moses and his gang killed in the beginning of the film was the female, and the large black ones are males. When Moses was scratched by the female, he was covered in her pheromones, leading the males to relentlessly track him and his friends all over the city, while ignoring those which don't have her scent.]]
190	* SuperPersistentPredator: They chase down the boys through the block and manage to find them despite there being hundreds of rooms in the building. It turns out that [[spoiler:they were following the scent of the female alien that Moses killed]].
191	[[/folder]]

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