Line #9 Characters/TheFrenchConnection


1	[[foldercontrol]]
2
3	!New York Police Department
4
5	[[folder:Popeye Doyle]]
6	!!Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0d394706_fa27_4459_a5a4_362aba3b6e1f.jpeg]]
8	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Alright, Popeye's here! Get your hands on your heads, get off the bar, and put your hands on the wall!"'']]
9	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GeneHackman (1971-1975), Creator/EdONeill (1986)
10	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'' \| ''French Connection II'' \| ''Film/PopeyeDoyle''
11	->''"You ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"''
12
13	The main protagonist of the films. Doyle is a reckless, cynical, and brutish cop not afraid to bend the law if it means getting his man.
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15	* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:He accidentally guns down Mulderig at the climax of the first film while trying to hunt down Charnier.]]
16	* AntiHero: He's brutish, reckless, somewhat racist, and something of a {{Jerkass}} in general. Still, he's trying to take down a ruthless heroin trafficker and is trying to see justice done.
17	* BigotWithABadge: He's a massive racist on top of his other off-putting traits, frequently dropping racial slurs and frequently roughing up black suspects.
18	* {{Catchphrase}}: "You ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?"
19	* CowboyCop: Despite being one of the progenitors of this trope, Doyle is [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype a stark deconstruction]]. His rule-bending and recklessness winds up [[spoiler:letting Charnier escape]] and causes the operation to capture him to end as a massive clusterfuck.
20	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first scene has him chase down a drug dealer and, after restraining the man, pummel him even after he's helpless on the ground for making him chase after him.
21	* {{Jerkass}}: Popeye is an abrasive, racist, and brutish man with a very short fuse and a propensity for violence.
22	* NoodleIncident: Mulderig claims he hates Popeye because one of his hunches led to a cop getting killed, but nothing is ever elaborated on.
23	* PoliceBrutality: He's very prone to beating and harassing suspects.
24	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He drops numerous racial slurs about blacks and Latinos, and his attitude towards women is hardly any better.
25	* RedOniBlueOni: He's the violent Red to Cloudy's comparatively more reserved Blue. They're both pretty violent, but Cloudy will at least try to negotiate with people whereas Popeye will simply Troy to bulldoze over them.
26	[[/folder]]
27
28	[[folder:Cloudy Russo]]
29	!!Detective Buddy "Cloudy" Russo
30	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/370286bb_1c75_4b2b_a90e_05e2c0068023.jpeg]]
31	[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's a goddamn desert full of junkies out there. Everyone waiting to get well."'']]
32	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RoyScheider
33	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''
34
35	Popeye's somewhat more restrained partner and best friend.
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37	* DeadpanSnarker: He's much more prone to sarcasm and witty remarks than his blunter partner.
38	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Especially in comparison to Popeye. Cloudy's just as violent as his partner, but he makes an effort to be polite even to people who are insulting them and comes across as slightly more compassionate.
39	* RedOniBlueOni: The comparatively more reserved and reasonable to Popeye's violent Red. Athe very least, Cloudy tries to negotiate with people and reign Popeye's more abrasive behavior in.
40	[[/folder]]
41
42	[[folder:Walt Simonson]]
43	!!Captain Walt Simonson
44	!!!'''Played By:''' Eddie Egan
45	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''
46
47	Popeye and Cloudy's boss.
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49	* OnlySaneMan: For the law enforcement characters in the first film. Compared to Popeye's CowboyCop antics, Russo's tendency to go along with it, and Mulderig's obsession with his petty vendetta against Doyle, Simonson comes off as the only one with his head on straight.
50	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He justifiably grumbles about Doyle's CowboyCop antics, but he still gives him the necessary resources to catch Charnier and even when his decisions are wrong (such as pulling Popeye and Cloudy off the case before Pierre can pull a hit in them) he still has a good argument for doing it.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	!!FBI
54
55	[[folder:Bill Mulderig]]
56	!!Agent Bill Mulderig
57	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0b9bee7c_b1d0_4308_94ff_963e1f2e64ea.jpeg]]
58	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Last time you were dead certain, we had a dead cop!"'']]
59	!!!'''Played By:''' Bill Hickman
60	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''
61
62	An FBI agent assigned to aid in capturing Charnier.
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64	* {{Jerkass}}: While it's hard to deny his criticisms of Popeye are valid, Mulderig spends most of the investigation whining about Popeye and Cloudy's methods without ever contributing something himself and just pointlessly insulting everyone.
65	* JerkassHasAPoint: He accurately points out that Popeye's [[CowboyCop disregard for procedure]] makes him a terrible cop.
66	* TheLoad: Mulderig doesn't really contribute to the investigation so much as he complains the entire time about everything Popeye and Cloudy do, regardless of how benign it is.
67	* RightForTheWrongReasons: He's fine with Popeye's PoliceBrutality, and is more lashing out over a NoodleIncident that left a cop dead. He relentlessly criticizes everything Popeye and Cloudy do, even if they're following procedure to the letter.
68	[[/folder]]
69
70	!!Charnier's Syndicate
71
72	[[folder:Alain Charnier]]
73	!!Alain Charnier
74	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e41d9295_c3d0_4651_90fc_744c3f5ba633.jpeg]]
75	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I haven't done an honest day's work in years."'']]
76	!!!'''Played By:''' Fernando Rey
77	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection'' \| ''French Connection II''
78
79	The head of a massive heroin-smuggling ring.
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81	* AffablyEvil: He's polite, witty, urbane, and a loving boyfriend. He's also utterly ruthless and more than willing to commit murder to escape justice.
82	* BeardOfEvil: He sports a beard and is a ruthless crime boss.
83	* BigBad: Of the first two films. Popeye's quest to capture Charnier drives the plot of each.
84	* DeadpanSnarker: He's quite prone to witty remarks, though they are always delivered in a civil manner.
85	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Escapes justice at the end of the first film.]]
86	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Popeye guns him down at the end of the second film after managing to corner him.]]
87	* NouveauRiche: He was once a poor longshoreman before starting his criminal enterprise and becoming rich through it.
88	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's regarded as a legitimate businessman by those not in the know about his true career.
89	[[/folder]]
90
91	[[folder:Pierre Nicoli]]
92	!!Pierre Nicoli
93	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ee316284_7990_4994_991c_02065d61ebdf.jpeg]]
94	%%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
95	!!!'''Played By:''' Marcel Bozzufi
96	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''
97
98	Charnier's right-hand man and primary hitman.
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100	* AxCrazy: Even beyond his work, he comes off as pointlessly violent. A deleted scene has him violently assaulting a prostitute for daring to confront him about short-changing her.
101	* TheDragon: He's Charnier's right-hand man.
102	* EnemyEatsYourLunch: After gunning down the Marseille Detective, Nicoli casually eats a piece of his baguette.
103	* {{Jerkass}}: In comparison to Charnier's polite mannerisms, Nicoli is sullen and hostile at all times.
104	* TheSociopath: He has no qualms about murdering civilians while carrying out a hit, and comes across as much more violent than his more pragmatic boss.
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	[[folder:Sal Boca]]
108	!!Salvatore "Sal" Boca
109	!!!'''Played By:''' Tony Lo Bianco
110	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''The French Connection''
111
112	A drug dealer working for Charnier.
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114	* CrazyJealousGuy: Implied. When Popeye hits on Angie, she notes that Sal would probably attack him in sight for it.
115	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He seems to genuinely love his wife Angie.
116	[[/folder]]
117
118	[[folder:Angie Boca]]
119	!!Angie Boca
120	!!!'''Played By:''' Arlene Farber
121	!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/TheFrenchConnection''
122
123	A drug dealer working for Charnier.
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125	* AffablyEvil: Comes across as quite friendly while talking with an undercover Popeye.

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