Line #17 Characters/WhiteHouseDown


1	[[foldercontrol]]
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3	!!Protagonists
4
5	[[folder:John Cale]]
6	!!John Cale
7	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ChanningTatum
8
9	A U.S. Capitol policeman and the bodyguard to Speaker of the House Eli Raphaelson, Cale hopes to become a member of the Secret Service.
10	----
11	* ActionDad: Cale is one as he tries to save Emily and the tour group.
12	* BadassDriver: Used to be a limo driver. [[ChekhovsSkill This comes in handy when]] he and President Sawyer try to escape the White House using the Presidential Limo.
13	* BrilliantButLazy: Carol turns down for the Secret Service because she initially sees him as this, with one of his SO's from his army days having noted in an evaluation that he has raw potential, but seems determined not to act on it. He manages to prove himself though throughout the White House crisis, with Carol admitting she was wrong about him.
14	* DeadpanSnarker: Cale has a pretty sharp mouth. For example President Sawyer mentions using knives in the kitchen, Cale mutters that someone can make him a sandwich.
15	* PapaWolf: Whatever you do, '''never''' even ''try'' to harm his daughter.
16	* SpannerInTheWorks: Starts early on when Cale manages to grab President Sawyer, making the terrorists lose their BorrowedBiometricBypass.
17	[[/folder]]
18
19	[[folder:President Sawyer]]
20	!!President James William Sawyer
21	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JamieFoxx
22
23	The President of the United States, Sawyer has introduced a bill removing US military forces from the Middle East.
24	----
25	* ActionDad: Sawyer is a father of two and decent in a fight. He doesn't have to go PapaWolf because his family is out of harm's way.
26	* BatmanGrabsAGun: It's a big deal when the President, a man known for choosing a pen over the sword, pulls out a rocket launcher to shoot out the gate.
27	-->'''Reporter 1''': The President has a rocket launcher!
28	-->'''Reporter 2''': That's not something you see everyday.
29	* CaptainErsatz: For UsefulNotes/BarackObama.
30	* HeroWorshipper: Of UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. Sawyer quotes Lincoln and what he suggested, carries around one of his pocketwatches, and is introduced having his pilot do a low fly-by around the Lincoln Memorial.
31	* PrecisionFStrike: "I say this with the full weight and power of the office... Fuck you".
32	[[/folder]]
33
34	!!US Government
35
36	[[folder:Special Agent Carol Finnerty]]
37	!!Special Agent Carol Finnerty
38	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal
39
40	A top agent in the Secret Service and an old acquaintance of Cale's.
41	----
42	* MissionControl: Serves as this for Cale and Sawyer as they try to rescue the hostages and escape the White House.
43	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Finnerty and General Caulfield are working towards the same goal, but they spend much of the film butting heads over which action to take.
44	[[/folder]]
45
46	[[folder:Speaker Eli Raphelson]]
47	!!Eli Raphelson, Speaker of the House
48	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardJenkins
49
50	The Speaker of the House, Cale is his usual bodyguard.
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52	%%* BaldOfEvil
53	* BigBad: [[spoiler:He is the ''true'' mastermind behind the White House attack.]]
54	* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler:He aided and abetted a terrorist attack on the White House. 'Nuff said.]]
55	* DeadpanSnarker: Cale's sarcasm seems to have rubbed off on him. When Caulfield tells the command group that the information on Stenz is classified, Raphaelson responds with this:
56	-->'''Raphelson''': "Well, then, I hereby declassify it. Now you wanna share it with the group?"
57	* EmbarrassingRingtone: "Spanish Flea" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.
58	* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:His decision to order an air strike on the White House in spite of the potential for killing who-knows-how-many bystanders is the biggest clue to his true nature.]]
59	* FourEyesZeroSoul: [[spoiler:A CorruptPolitician who wears a pair of glasses.]]
60	* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:Sawyer heavily implies that Raphelson was partially motivated by this.]]
61	-->[[spoiler:'''Sawyer''': "Eli, Eli. Quite the politician, huh? You did ''all'' of this just to keep your buddies in the defense industry happy. How far did you fall into their pockets?"]]
62	* HiddenVillain: [[spoiler:Not too long after Walker's permanently out of the picture, Raphelson is unmasked as the film's real BigBad.]]
63	* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He helped Walker find and recruit the various mercenaries who took over the White House.]]
64	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Raphelson had pretty much everyone fooled up until after Walker's death.]]
65	* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:In the third act of the film, he becomes this after Sawyer's Vice President Hammond is killed and the presidency passes to him. This allows him to text Walker the updated nuclear codes to activate the nuclear football.]]
66	* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler:Raphelson would have gotten away with everything if Cale, Sawyer, and Finnerty didn't figure out that he was the mastermind. He was steps short of the air strike if not for Emily waving off the bombers.]]
67	* PetTheDog: Got Cale a job with the Capitol Police on his protection detail after his discharge from the military, supposedly out of gratitude for saving his nephew Corporal Dawson from a burning Humvee. [[spoiler:When confronted on being the mastermind of the White House takeover, he admits he only hired him "out of pity."]]
68	* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:During his final confrontation with Cale, Raphelson is beyond certain that he's pulled off a scenario where TheBadGuyWins.]]
69	-->[[spoiler:'''Raphelson''': "You dim little ''shit''. I hired you out of pity, and this is how you repay me? But you know tomorrow, when people find out that your precious president helped a maniac open... a nuclear football, who do you think they're going to believe—you or me? Well, let's see; now ''you?'' You would be a nobody. But ''me?'' I'm the president of the United States."]]
70	* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's the final threat Cale and Sawyer have to take care of.]]
71	* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:Raphelson doesn't care about any of the people he employs, not even Cale or [[DiscOneFinalBoss Walker]].]]
72	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:It's pretty hard to talk about him with all the white spaces.]]
73	[[/folder]]
74
75	[[folder:General Caulfield]]
76	!!General Caulfield
77	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LanceReddick
78
79	Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, temporary Chief.
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81	* BaldOfAuthority: A leading member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with a shiny domed head.
82	* DeadpanSnarker: Primarily towards Finnerty. When she talks with Hammond saying that the Secret Service should handle the situation because it was their building that was taken, Caulfield responds with "Yes, and now you're standing in our building."
83	* GoodIsNotNice: Caulfield has a no-nonsense attitude and is least willing to go along with a plan to bomb the White House and prevent nuclear war.
84	%%* RedHerring
85	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Butts heads repeatedly with Finnerty throughout the film.
86	[[/folder]]
87
88	!!Antagonists
89
90	[[folder:Martin Walker]]
91	!!USSS Agent Martin James Walker
92	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JamesWoods
93
94	The head of the US Secret Service, [[{{Retirony}} Walker is serving his last week]].
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96	* BigBad: [[spoiler:The film's first act reveals him as its main antagonist, as he's in charge of the terrorists who take over the White House. However, ''[[TheManBehindTheMan someone else]]'' contacted said terrorists.]]
97	* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Doesn't consider that nuking Iran will lead to other countries retaliating against the US.]]
98	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He proves to be this once the presence of TheManBehindTheMan is exposed.]]
99	* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:How does he intend to avenge his son's death? ''Send American nukes to major Iranian cities''.]]
100	* TheHeavy: [[spoiler:The most active antagonist as the leader of the terrorists.]]
101	* MoleInCharge: [[spoiler:Walker is the head of the Secret Service and the leader of the terrorists... or so it seems.]]
102	* OldSoldier: [[spoiler:Walker may be retirement age and dying from cancer, but that doesn't mean he can't hold his own in a gunfight or outfight a man 15 to 20 years younger than him.]]
103	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His son Kevin was KIA a year before the film's events. [[spoiler:It plays right into why he decides to be the ground commander for the terrorists.]]
104	* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Finnerty says that he was a dinosaur who would still write things out on paper than use a computer. [[spoiler: It's one of the hints that it wouldn't make sense he would be the one to set the attack up.]]
105	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:He's actually this for [[CorruptPolitician Eli]] [[UngratefulBastard Raphelson]].]]
106	* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Walker has a brain tumor and has three months to live, which is why he's willing to go so far to accomplish his goals.]]
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	[[folder:Stenz]]
110	!!Emil Stenz
111	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JasonClarke
112
113	A ruthless mercenary leader who takes over the White House.
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115	* AxCrazy: He's batshit insane.
116	* BadassDriver: Keeps up with Cale in the limo chase on the White House grounds.
117	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Tortured by the Taliban for two years caused him to have a psychotic break and turn traitor.]]
118	* BigNo:[[spoiler: He lets one off when Cale ties his holster vest around his neck and pulls the pins out of every grenade.]]
119	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Having six grenades go off in his face certainly qualifies.]]
120	* CurbStompBattle: Stenz and his men clear most of the White House of Secret Service agents in about two minutes, with the exception of the agents guarding Sawyer and the tour group.
121	* TheDragon: To [[spoiler:Martin Walker]].
122	* EvilSoundsDeep: He's portrayed with a low, resonant voice.
123	* FallenHero: A highly decorated Special Forces officer, now a vengeful and psychopathic mercenary.
124	* ForTheEvulz: During the initial takeover of the White House, Stenz shoots a portrait of George Washington for kicks.
125	* ItsPersonal: Stenz already has a grudge against the US for [[spoiler:what happened in Pakistan]]. He also develops a grudge against Cale when Cale kills one of his best friends early on. After learning about his past, Finnerty's response is "No wonder he's pissed."
126	* PsychoForHire: An AxCrazy nut job working for [[spoiler:Martin Walker]].
127	* RealMenHateSugar: Albeit for good reason. When Walker offers him a piece of cake, Stenz declines, saying he's a diabetic.
128	* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Stenz was a former US Special Forces operative working for the CIA in Pakistan. Sawyer's Secretary of Defense shut down the operation and disavowed its assets. As a result, Stenz was found, captured, and imprisoned by the Taliban for two years. When he finds himself face-to-face with the Secretary of Defense, Stenz doesn't hesitate to put a bullet in his head aside from uttering a PreMortemOneLiner.]]
129	* ASinisterClue: Stenz is left-handed and one of the film's biggest threats.
130	[[/folder]]
131
132	[[folder:Tyler]]
133	!!Skip Tyler
134	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JimmiSimpson
135
136	A former NSA hacker working for Stenz.
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138	* BeardOfEvil: He's an unshaven cyberterrorist.
139	* DisproportionateRetribution: Tried to bomb Apple HQ because he didn't like their music-sharing policies.
140	* EvilGenius: Very good with computers.
141	* EvilIsPetty: If his desire to blow up Apple HQ with an ICBM because he didn't like their music-sharing policies is any indication.
142	* FailedaSpotCheck: [[spoiler:Forgot he set up the bomb in the catacombs which warranted a ThisisGonnaSuck reaction]].
143	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears a pair of glasses and is one of the main villains.
144	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Killed with his own bomb]].
145	* OralFixation: Frequently seen with Tootsie Pops.
146	* {{Unperson}}: Before attempting his escape, Tyler wipes himself from a database.
147	* WickedCultured: Very fond of his [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]] and owns a small statue of [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Shiva]].
148	[[/folder]]
149
150	[[folder:Killick]]
151	!!Carl Killick
152	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KevinRankin
153
154	A white supremacist and a leader of his own faction among the mercenaries.
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156	* TheBrute: A big, bullying man with a big mouth.
157	* FanBoy: He's a fan of right-wing talk show host Roger Skinner, and actually tries to get [[FauxAffablyEvil chummy]] with him when Skinner is taken hostage despite being TheSociopath.
158	* FiringOneHanded: Killick likes to fire his Brügger & Thomet [=APC9=] submachine gun one-handed, most notably when he takes out the agents guarding the tour group.
159	* KarmicDeath: Halfway through the film, Killick smashes a Ming vase [[EvilIsPetty just to antagonize the tour guide Donnie]]. [[spoiler:Donnie beats Killick to death with another artifact: a German mantle clock.]]
160	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He blew up a post office because they had too many African-Americans working there.
161	* TheSociopath: Outright described as a "right-wing sociopath".
162	* TeensAreMonsters: See that note about the post office explosion? He did that when he was 12.
163	[[/folder]]
164
165	[[folder:Motts]]
166	!!Motts
167	!!!'''Played By:''' Falk Hentschel
168
169	Stenz's right-hand man.
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171	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:He balks at Walker's plan to nuke the Middle East]].
172	-->'''Motts''': [[NotWhatISignedOnFor I didn't sign up for]] [[spoiler:this nuclear bullshit]].
173	* GatlingGood: For the CarChase on the White House lawn, Motts wields a minigun mounted atop a Suburban driven by Stenz.
174	%%* MookLieutenant
175	* PermaStubble: Has a day's worth of stubble to emphasize his gruff appearance.
176	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Towards the end of the film, Motts, [[spoiler:balking at the plan to nuke the Middle East, tries to leave and claim the money the government has left for them as a ransom. He doesn't get far as Walker kills him]].
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	[[folder:Cern]]
180	!!Conrad Cern
181	!!!'''Played By:''' Kyle Gatehouse
182
183	An associate of Killick's who runs a hate blog against President Sawyer.
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185	* AlliterativeName: '''C'''onrad '''C'''ern.
186	* EvilRedhead: A redhaired terrorist with a [[BeardOfEvil matching beard]].
187	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Due to bombing the Capitol Building, Cern likely has the highest killcount of all the terrorists. Judging by the fact that he was able to get well away from the blast (primarily isolated to the Capitol Dome since plenty of others are shown unharmed) and isn't seen at any point afterwards, he got away scot-free. Granted, his status as a known associate of Killick's leads to Agent Kellerman identifying him as having been at the Capitol prior to the explosion, so it's possible a manhunt was launched for him following the film's end]].
188	* MadBomber: Starts off the attack with a bomb planted under the dome of the US Capitol.
189	* SelfMadeOrphan: His Threat Matrix dossier mentions he is suspected of setting the fire that killed his parents when he was 15.
190	* WeNeedADistraction: Provides one for the terrorists by bombing the Capitol Building, ensuring that the D.C. police would be distracted enough to be led away from the White House, allowing the terrorists to enter.
191	[[/folder]]
192
193	!!Hostages
194	[[folder:Emily Cale]]
195	!!Emily Cale
196	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JoeyKing
197
198	John Cale's [=YouTube=] channel-obsessed daughter.
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200	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Waves the presidential flag to signal the threat has been neutralized and to call off the bombing run. Seeing the flag being flown by Emily, the bomber pilots decide to terminate their bombing mission just in the nick of time.]]
201	* CameraFiend: Has her own [=YouTube=] channel.
202	* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Discussed when John asks her whether or not she's been bullied.

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