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6	Character page for the 2010 film ''Film/{{Predators}}''.
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8	For the other character pages of the ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'' franchise, see [[Characters/{{Predator}} here]].
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10	[[foldercontrol]]
11
12	!!Humans
13
14	[[folder:Royce]]
15	!!Royce
16	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeRoyce_9824.jpg]]
17	[[caption-width-right:350:''"There is no hunting like the hunting of man. And those who have hunted armed men long enough, and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."'']]
18	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AdrienBrody
19
20	A mercenary dropped in the game preserve. Cold and ruthless, he slowly and reluctantly emerges as the leader of the group.
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22	* ALighterShadeOfBlack: He's amoral and selfish, but he's not as ''evil'' as some of the other characters. That's for sure.
23	* AntiHero: Of the vicious, UnscrupulousHero type.
24	* AwesomeByAnalysis: He makes judicious use of the SherlockScan and BatmanGambit.
25	* BadassBoast: Once Isabelle tells the group about the events from the first film and he realizes that the Predators can be killed.
26	-->''"Whatever it is, wherever they're from, we're gonna kill'em all."''
27	* BloodKnight: He freely admits that he loves to kill and has no moral qualms about it.
28	* ChangedMyMindKid: [[spoiler:After apparently turning his back on the other survivors to get to an alien ship, he comes back and saves Isabelle's life.]]
29	* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler: He's become a nicer, somewhat more sympathetic person by the end of the film.]]
30	* CombatPragmatist: Possibly the biggest in the ''Predator'' series. He doesn't hesitate to set the entire battlefield on fire, blocking the Black Predator's thermal vision, or use the body of a teammate as a booby-trap for it.
31	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Dutch from the first movie. Dutch was a burly, patriotic commando with strict ethics who starts off with a loyal team containing a SixthRangerTraitor. Royce is a wiry loner, fights because he likes killing, gets made the leader of a 'team' he barely cares about, and at one point betrays them to flush out the Predators.
32	* CulturedBadass: With the Hemingway quotes to prove it.
33	* EveryoneHasStandards: In the comics, he refrains from killing women and children, believing it's something only for psychos and perverts.
34	* GeniusBruiser: He's a very capable combatant, and also a skilled tactician and survivalist. [[spoiler:He quickly figures out that Edwin is planning to kill him in the finale.]]
35	* LickedByTheDog: Isabelle's faith in him is one of the first signs that he's not all bad.
36	* LightningBruiser: Though he is a heavily muscled guy with a big gun (just about a notch shy of being a full-blown BFG), he is still impressively quick, as he showcases when one of his teammates tries to backstab him.
37	* MadeOfIron: When he squares off with the Berserker Predator, he shrugs off its blows much easier than a normal person should.
38	* MoralityPet: Isabelle quickly becomes his.
39	* MysteriousPast: Almost nothing definitive is ever stated about him. Isabelle conjectures that he is ex-black ops turned mercenary, and he doesn't deny this assessment. She also surmises that something happened to him in the past to make him into the cynical loner he is now, but he just scoffs. Ultimately, we find out his name is Royce and that he does what he does [[BloodKnight because he enjoys it,]] but nothing else.
40	* NobleDemon: Although it only develops slowly over the course of the movie, most notably with Isabelle.
41	* NotSoDifferentRemark: He tries to pull this with Isabelle.
42	-->''"You know what the difference between you and me is? We both do the same thing. You just do it for a country, so you don't have to admit you like it."''
43	* PetTheDog: He goes all out to save Isabelle from a pit trap early in the movie, one of the early signs that he's not entirely heartless.
44	* [[PragmaticHero Pragmatic Anti-Hero]]: All over the place, but probably best exemplified by his response to the group after they all question what’s going on or where they even ''are.''
45	-->''"It doesn’t matter what happened, or why. We’re here. Only question is, how do we get out?"''
46	* PrivateMilitaryContractor: He plays all the negative stereotypes straight, though Isabelle also pegs him as [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous former special forces]].
47	* PsychoForHire: Played with. He freely admits that he likes battle and killing for its own sake, but that said, he's not unstable, and has lines he refuses to cross.
48	* ShirtlessScene: He serves up double-barreled {{fanservice}} by showing off Brody's astonishing abdominals in an unsubtle InternalHomage to the first movie.
49	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His weapon of choice is the AA-12 automatic shotgun.
50	* TheUnfettered: Royce takes everything thrown at him in his stride, and is willing to engage in tactics that disgust his teammates in order to survive.
51	* UnscrupulousHero: To the extent that he walks the line ''real'' close to being a NominalHero. [[spoiler:Ultimately, he proves himself to fall on the side of good.]]
52	[[/folder]]
53
54	[[folder:Noland]]
55	!!Ronald Noland
56	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Ronald_Noland_7275.JPG]]
57	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm the one that got away. The one you don't fuck with."'']]
58	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenceFishburne
59
60	A veteran warrior who's survived in the Yautja game preserve for many seasons.
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62	* AmbiguouslyGay: He makes a joke about wintering in the Riviera, and raises his eyebrows when he mentions the local men. He might have just been trying to get under Stans' skin, though.
63	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:By the time he gets killed off, between his insanity and his backstabbing of the group, (and the implication that he's done this many times before) nobody is sad to see him get killed.]]
64	* CrazySurvivalist: He's been able to [[ActionSurvivor scratch out a living on a death planet for years]], [[spoiler:and he's completely lost his mind, and intends to kill any other people he meets in order to make use of their supplies.]]
65	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Possibly. He seems resigned to his fate or possibly even glad when he sees the Predator who kills him.]]
66	* DeadpanSnarker: He's asked why he never tried to hijack a Predator ship to leave the preserve. He scratches his head thoughtfully and wonders aloud why he never tried to steal a ship he has no means of piloting.
67	* DespairEventHorizon: He's given up all thoughts of ever escaping the planet. Partially justified, as he points out that even if he could reach one of the Yautja spaceships, he wouldn't have any idea how to fly it back home to Earth.
68	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler:See SlowlySlippingIntoEvil.]]
69	* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner [[spoiler:Upon seeing the Black Predator that is the Tracker.]]
70	-->'''Roland:''' [[spoiler:Finally found me, huh, big dog? Well, what took you so long? [[note]][[LudicrousGibs SPLAT!]][[/note]]]]
71	%%* HyperAwareness
72	* ImaginaryFriend: He talks to one frequently.
73	* LargeHam: His introduction is fairly hammy, and it escalates [[spoiler:when he attempts to kill the others.]]
74	* LudicrousGibs: [[spoiler:He is reduced to this thanks to a Predator's shoulder cannon.]]
75	* MrExposition: He goes over his experiences on the game preserve planet, giving the group a much better idea of what's going on, and he's the source of the backstory of the difference between the multiple groups of Predators.
76	* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He has managed to kill two (or possibly three) Predators, no small feat, as killing just one is a tough enough task.
77	* SanitySlippage: Almost immediately after taking the group to his base, he starts chatting with an ImaginaryFriend, and as we come to find out later, [[spoiler:he's slipped all the way down to murdering other people dropped on the planet to take their supplies, never mind teamwork and trust.]]
78	%%* ShellShockedVeteran:
79	* SixthRanger: Subverted. [[spoiler:He seems like a potential ally at first, but then it's revealed he only helped our protagonists so he could kill them for their supplies.]]
80	* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler:He starts out friendly at first, but in actuality he wants to kill other people dropped on the planet and get their supplies. This is because of all the shit he's gone through in the ten seasons he's been there, and after his DespairEventHorizon mentioned above, he's decided he's better off acting for himself himself, and killing those he comes across.]]
81	* VillainRespect: Averted. You'd think that with the amount of Predators he's managed to kill by himself, or at least how many ''years'' he's managed to evade them, the titular hunters would absolutely consider him worthy of being taken as a trophy. [[spoiler: When they finally find him, he's blasted into pieces by one of their plasma weapons, instead of having his skull taken as a prize. The way it happens almost makes it feel like the Predator considers Nolan's whole existence an afterthought.]]
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder:Isabelle]]
85	!!Isabelle
86	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isabelle_4160.jpg]]
87	[[caption-width-right:350:''"We're the monsters of our own world. It's probably better that we're never going back."'']]
88	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AliceBraga
89
90	A sniper for the Israeli Defense Force. Suffering from SurvivorsGuilt, she takes it upon herself to keep the team's moral compass pointed in the right direction.
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92	* ActionGirl: Naturally. She's a sniper for the Israeli Defense Force, so it comes with the territory. She's a crack shot, too, [[spoiler: even when she's still suffering debilitating paralysis via poison]]. [[spoiler: And she's got enough sheer willpower to fight said powerful paralytic poison to save Royce from being killed by the Predator]].
93	** However, her actual function is closer to being a FauxActionGirl. She's portrayed as being a capable combatant and member of the Israeli Defense Force, but she very rarely, if ever, gets to be badass, and spends most of the movie as a damsel in distress for male characters (mainly Royce) to save. It can come off as more than a little sexist, for obvious reasons.
94	* TheAtoner: The reason she's so nice is SurvivorsGuilt.
95	* BadassIsraeli: Royce identifies her as IDF.
96	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Early, when the group is attacked by the Predators' hell-hounds, she is overwhelmed by one of them and draws her pistol. She can be briefly seen ''pointing the gun at her own head'' before the hounds are suddenly called away.
97	* FinalGirl: [[spoiler:She and Royce are the only ones to survive the movie, and she has most of the hallmarks of a classic horror/slasher movie FinalGirl.]]
98	* FriendlySniper: She's an IDF marksman, and aside from Nikolai, is the most noble and friendly of the group.
99	* TheHeart: She tries very hard to be the moral compass to a group that is made up mostly of ruthless or amoral individuals.
100	* HiddenDepths: She places her faith in Royce, of all people. [[spoiler: It pays off.]]
101	* MercyKill: She thinks she's performing one on Cuchillo when she shoots him while he's surrounded by traps.
102	* MoralityPet: For a long time, Isabelle's faith in Royce is the only external sign the audience gets that he's not an irredeemable prick. [[spoiler:He saves her life more than once, in the last case passing up a chance to flee the planet on a Predator ship in order to come back and help her.]]
103	* SmallGirlBigGun: Though not of cartoonish proportions, her weapon of choice is a long-barreled, high-caliber sniper rifle, and she's rather petite.
104	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the only woman among the main characters.
105	* SurvivorsGuilt: She is haunted by the loss of her spotter, who was killed in action shortly before she was kidnapped by the Predators.
106	* TokenGoodTeammate: Only Nikolai comes close to being as unambiguously good as she is.
107	[[/folder]]
108
109	[[folder:Edwin]]
110	!!Edwin
111	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edwin_8499.jpg]]
112	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Can someone please just tell me, uh, what the fuck is going on here?"'']]
113	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TopherGrace
114
115	A doctor with no combat background or seemingly any reason to have been taken until [[spoiler:it's revealed he's actually a serial killer.]]
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117	* ActionSurvivor: He's the only one who makes no active contribution to the firefights.
118	* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: He's ultimately revealed to be just as crazy as Stans.]]
119	* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler:He appears to be a serious threat when his true nature is revealed, but he is quickly bumped off after Royce deduces what he really is.]]
120	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:He exaggerates both his niceness and helplessness so no one thinks he's a threat.]]
121	* CombatMedic: After his job as a doctor is revealed, the implied explanation for why he is there at all is that the Predators brought him to help the humans to survive longer in the game. While this possible role is never directly refuted, [[spoiler:he is actually there for being a SerialKiller.]]
122	* DeadlyDoctor: A doctor who [[spoiler:is a serial killer.]]
123	* DeadpanSnarker: As is standard for Topher Grace, he makes a lot of dry remarks about the situation they're in.
124	* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: He shows no mercy to his victims and relies on sneak attacks and making them helpless, but pathetically cowers and begs when his own life is at risk.]]
125	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler: More like "evil cannot comprehend brutal but noble warriors". He seems to think that, as a depraved and sadistic killer, he would get along great with the Predators and be welcomed as one of them, failing to see that the Predators are warriors with a strict code of honor and bravery who only kill other trained warriors in a fair fight, not merely sadists who target those who can't fight back like Edwin.]]
126	* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: [[spoiler: He has Topher Grace's boyish good looks, but is a depraved monster underneath.]]
127	* FauxAffablyEvil: He seems like a charming, friendly guy. [[spoiler: To say that's not his real personality would be a ''massive'' understatement.]]
128	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: [[spoiler:Shortly after Nikolai bites it, Edwin then stole the Russian's FatalFamilyPhoto and shows it to Royce and Isabelle, claiming that they were "his" children (which Royce and Isabelle doesn't know, but the audience does). He betrays them barely one scene later]].
129	** A subtler forewarning can be spotted [[spoiler:soon after his very first scene. When Royce asks Edwin if he has anything with which he can cut himself free from his parachute, Edwin answers (with what seems like perfectly natural confusion and indignation) that he doesn't -- but only a few minutes later, when telling Nikolai about the poisonous plant, Edwin takes out a leather pouch which proves to contain a scalpel. That a doctor would have such tools isn't a surprise, but his immediate lie to the rest of the group about it betrays that he is not what he seems.]]
130	* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Stans. Both are skinny blade-wielding serial killers who seem badly out of place next to the professional mercenaries and killers they're with. However, Stans is not afraid to get physical, and has a better grasp on whose side he should be on. He's also a team player, and displays a strong sense of loyalty to others, even sacrificing himself for them. Edwin is a coward deluded into thinking the Predators see him as an equal when he is just prey for them. In addition, Stans, as awful as he is, makes no secret of what kind of person he is, while Edwin is a ''deliberate'' BitchInSheepsClothing.]]
131	* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: He doesn't seem to have any motive for his actions beyond sheer sadism, relishing in his victims' pain and fear.]]
132	* HateSink: [[spoiler: He's the only character in the whole film with absolutely ''no'' humanizing moments. Even Stans, the creepy, bigoted, homicidal maniac, is easier to like and has at least some redeeming traits.]]
133	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Royce stabs him in the throat with the same scalpel he was planning to kill Royce with.]]
134	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: He badly misjudges the Predators, seeing them as sadists like himself who kill for fun and would welcome him among their ranks rather than the warriors with a strict code they truly are. Had he lived, chances are they would have simply killed Edwin in disgust.]]
135	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Even before the full truth about him is revealed, he pulls a real dick move. When he's injured and trying to convince the others to help him, he goes all IHaveAFamily, and pulls out the photo Nikolai had shown him of ''Nikolai's kids''. And this after Nikolai had died to save him and spent much of the movie looking out for him.]]
136	* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: Which hints at [[TheSociopath his true nature.]]]]
137	* LeanAndMean: [[spoiler: He has Topher Grace's skinny frame, and is as bad as they come.]]
138	* LethalJokeCharacter: Even though he's not a combat vet like the rest of the team, he's a good doctor who's able to make medicine out of the jungle plants around him. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he's also lethal in a more straight-up way, although he ultimately defies the trope by dramatically overestimating himself and underestimating everyone else.]]
139	* LethallyStupid: He is not really useful even with his medical knowledge, and [[spoiler:gets himself killed when he decides to target his allies because of his sociopathic tendencies.]]
140	* TheLoad: Discussed. Royce openly wonders if Edwin, a civilian seemingly out of place with the soldiers and killers, was dropped in as part of the group specifically to slow them down. [[spoiler:It turns out to be more complex than that. He may be TheLoad, but he ''is'' a killer just like the rest of them; he's a problem because he's a threat to other members of the group.]]
141	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: A lot of his actions come off this way, ''especially'' when he uses Nikolai's kids to try and earn sympathy points with the others [[DirtyCoward when his life is in danger.]]]]
142	* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Fuck no, he's not.]]]]
143	* NonActionGuy: He mostly gets through combat by ducking behind Isabelle or Nikolai. [[spoiler:Even after he reveals his true nature, he is still not much of a fighter, and Royce easily defeats him.]]
144	* OnlySaneMan: Naturally, as he's an ordinary man and his companions are either {{Blood Knight}}s or [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]]. [[spoiler:Subverted! He may well be the craziest of the group.]]
145	* ParachuteInATree: He's first introduced hanging upside down from his parachute that's stuck in a canopy. Royce shoots the branch, causing Edwin to fall in a pond below.
146	* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:He wants to hunt his fellow humans with the Predators out of revenge against humankind for labeling him as a serial killer, which ruined his medical career and Earth-based life.]]
147	* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: He makes a point of telling Isabelle how, even though he's paralyzed her, he's going to make sure she feels ''[[KickTheDog everything]]'' he does to her.]]
148	* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:He's secretly one, with a specialty in drugging his victims.]]
149	* TheSmartGuy: He can identify obscure ancient plant life, and knows its toxic properties.
150	* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: Hopelessly manipulative, sees other people as objects to be used or exploited, feigns human emotion, utterly devoid of genuine sympathy, pity, or remorse... he's a surprisingly realistic one.]]
151	* SoftSpokenSadist: [[spoiler: He never raises his voice, even after revealing his true nature, and it's absolutely chilling.]]
152	* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: His own murderous nature ends up dooming him when he turns on and tries to kill Isabelle and Royce, conveniently forgetting in his AxCrazy bloodlust that not only are they both seasoned and experienced veterans of combat while he's merely a doctor, but that they’re also the only reason he’s still breathing. When they quickly regain the upper hand, [[LaserGuidedKarma both of them team up on]] [[ImpromptuTracheotomy and kill Edwin swiftly]]]].
153	* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: [[spoiler: There's absolutely nothing about his appearance or demeanor to hint at the monster lurking underneath.]]
154	* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: Despite Isabelle saving him, he betrays her and plans to horrifically murder her, only being stopped by Royce's timely return.]]
155	* WalkingSpoiler: He's certainly more than meets the eye...
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Hanzo]]
159	!!Hanzo
160	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeHanzo_629.jpg]]
161	[[caption-width-right:350:''"...I talk too much."'']]
162	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LouisOzawaChangchien
163
164	A silent member of the Yakuza.
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166	* TheAtoner: His actor feels that the experience of waking up in the alien planet turned Hanzo away from his Earthly murderous views. The character's behavior in the film supports this: he is the least confrontational of the team, often goes first whenever there is danger in front of them, and ultimately offers his own life to buy the rest time to escape in a crucial moment.
167	* BadassInANiceSuit: As any self-respecting mob enforcer should be.
168	* BattleStrip: He performs one before engaging a Predator in melee combat, stripping down to only his pants.
169	* DeadpanSnarker: He manages to be this with only one line.
170	* DecompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Like Billy from the first movie, Hanzo challenges a Predator to a ritual duel in order to buy his three remaining companions time to escape. Billy's strong jungle sense and ability to sense the Predators' presence is given to Mombasa.]]
171	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: See MutualKill.
172	* {{Expy}}: To Billy from the first movie, being the quiet, spiritual, non-white member of the group who later challenges a Predator to close combat in order to buy time for his team.
173	* HandicappedBadass: He is missing two fingers, but wields a katana extremely well.
174	* KatanasAreJustBetter: When he finds one in Noland's base, he chooses to take it with him instead of guns, grenades, landmines, or anything else. Partially justified because his teammates are already carrying and/or taking all of the above, as well as because, being an urban hitman instead of a professional soldier, Hanzo is possibly not familiar with explosives and heavy weapons. [[spoiler: Although it's been sitting in a jungle for God knows how long, he manages to kill a Predator with it in one-on-one single combat. Even considering [[TakingYouWithMe he dies in the process]], this is a pretty impressive feat considering guys who try that in this franchise ''usually'' get tossed around by a foe with both SuperStrength and SuperToughness compared to a human.]]
175	* MartialArtistsAreAlwaysBarefoot: He takes off his dress shoes upon arriving, noting them to be cumbersome in the jungle mud, and seemingly doesn't even take them with him in the hope of more fitting terrains. Given that he turns out to be an expert in Japanese swordsmanship, which is usually trained and practiced barefoot, it's likely he is just accustomed to be that way.
176	* MutualKill: [[spoiler:He manages to kill a Predator in combat with the katana, but is fatally wounded by the Predator's wrist blades in turn.]]
177	* TheQuietOne: His only lines of dialog are to note how long the Predators must have been putting on these hunts when he finds a katana, and to indirectly explain why he doesn't talk more.
178	* SharpDressedMan: Complete with a WaistcoatOfStyle!
179	* ShirtlessScene: He does a BattleStrip before taking on a Predator.
180	* SuddenlyVoiced: He spends most of the movie without saying anything until a katana that Noland found draws his interest.
181	* TattooedCrook: Hanzo has a large {{Yakuza}} tattoo covering his entire back.
182	* TheRestShallPass: He ends up staying behind to duel one of the Predators so the others can continue their escape.
183	* {{Yakuza}}: Naturally he has the trademark tattoos, a suit that is [[SharpDressedMan straight pimpin']] by any objective standard, and [[{{Yubitsume}} three fingers on one hand]]. Eventually, he even acquires a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]].
184	* {{Yubitsume}}: He's had to undergo it ''twice''.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Nikolai]]
188	!!Nikolai Fedorov
189	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeNikolai_232.jpg]]
190	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Ну и рожа у тебя!"'']]
191	!!!'''Played By:''' Oleg Taktarov
192
193	A Russian Spetsnaz agent. Tough and courageous with a family back home, he's one of the more co-operative members of the misfit team.
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195	* {{BFG}}: He carries a handheld M134 Minigun.
196	* BigBrotherInstinct: He quickly decides to look after Edwin, the most helpless of the group.
197	* TheBigGuy: He's easily the largest of the group, and packs the weapon with greatest firepower.
198	* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He's the only one to introduce himself and offer a handshake like a normal person, and he also treasures his picture of his kids.
199	* CompositeCharacter: Taktarov has described Nikolai as a combination of Dutch, Mac, and Blain from the original ''Predator'' movie.
200	* FatalFamilyPhoto: Oh, Nikolai. If only he'd seen Website/TVTropes, he'd know not to proudly pass around a photo of his kids in a combat zone.
201	* GatlingGood: His main weapon is a minigun, although he doesn't get a chance to show it off much.
202	* GeniusBruiser: Maybe not a genius exactly, but he's a pretty smart guy.
203	* GenreBlind: By this point, shouldn't everyone know about the family picture cliche?
204	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He kills himself and the Tracker Predator by detonating a Claymore mine, thus saving Edwin and the rest.]]
205	* HuskyRusskie: He easily has the largest build of the group, and has the accent to match. Combined with the minigun, he's highly reminiscent of [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Heavy]].
206	* MadeOfIron: He takes a lot of damage before his HeroicSacrifice, including [[spoiler:getting hit through the chest by a Predator's energy blast, which put a hole through Blaine and blew Dillion's arm off in the first film, and being impaled by the same Predator's blade weapon]].
207	* MutualKill: [[spoiler:A Predator impales him through the chest with its wrist-blades, but Nikolai's shirt falls open to reveal that he has several Claymore mines strapped to himself (which he stole from Nolan). He chokes out "You're one ugly motherfucker!" in Russian, then detonates the mines. The point-blank blast is enough to actually kill the Predator, the first one any of them even manages to kill, providing a brief HopeSpot]].
208	* OddFriendship: With Edwin. [[spoiler:Given what we learn about Edwin's manipulative and calculating nature, it's likely that a big part of the reason Edwin saved Nikolai from the dangerous plant was to invoke this and place himself under Nikolai's protection.]]
209	* TokenGoodTeammate: Only he and Isabelle can be said to be basically good people. The rest run the gamut from AntiHero to StupidEvil.
210	* WouldntHurtAChild: Possibly, judging from him carrying a picture of his kids.
211	[[/folder]]
212
213	[[folder:Stans]]
214	!!Walter Stans
215	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeStans_5948.jpg]]
216	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Who do you think you're dealing with, hoss?"'']]
217	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/WaltonGoggins
218
219	A death row inmate responsible for killing 38 people. Stans may be small and armed only with a prison shiv, but he's not to be underestimated, as he is unpredictable and moves with startling speed and viciousness.
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221	* TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople: The alien hell-world is probably the only place in the universe his blend of total psychopathy, bloodthirst, and cold-blooded pragmatism would drive him to heroics, instead of making him a menace to society.
222	* AxCrazy: He's a psychopathic SerialKiller, two days from being executed when he was taken by the Yautja, and he did what he did ForTheEvulz.
223	* TheBerserker: When we first see Stans, he's fighting Mombasa with a knife, then improvising with a heavy branch. He's actually out-fighting him too. Later, Stans gets stabby when pinned by one of the Tusker beasts, earning his respect. Then, later, he jumps on a Predator and starts stabbing it in the back, and isn't the slightest bit afraid when [[spoiler:it pulls out his spine]]. He'll fight ''anything'' without an ounce of fear (or self-preservation).
224	* BoringButPractical: When they're in Noland's hideout, there are piles of various weapons that Nolan has scavenged from other people who were dumped on the game reserve and killed, such as hand grenades. Several of our protagonists stock up on supplies: Nikolai takes some Claymore mines, and Hanzo takes a vintage katana. Stans had previously complained about not having a gun like the others, but what does he choose to take? It turns out, just a [[spoiler:bulletproof vest -- and it ''saves his life'' later when the lead Super-Predator shoots him in the back with its plasma-caster. He's still injured, but the Predator assumed the shot killed him, allowing Stans to get the drop on it from behind and shiv it in the neck]].
225	* BrotherSisterIncest: Pretty strongly implied, considering his tattoo.
226	%%* DeadpanSnarker
227	* EvenEvilHasStandards: His WhatTheHellHero speech is full of this. Calling Royce out on [[spoiler:getting Mombasa killed]] is essentially prison etiquette -- it's fine to fight each other, but the clique sticks together, and even different cliques should drop differences to team against the screws. He also tends to inspire this in others.
228	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:It may not exactly be dignity, but it's certainly brave; he eggs on a Predator to FinishHim while showing no fear, even when given a CruelAndUnusualDeath by having his spine and skull ripped out while he was still alive.]] Justified, as Stans, at the time when he was abducted, was a death row prison inmate, so he knew that he was going to die soon no matter where, and was always prepared for what's fatally coming to him.
229	* FauxAffablyEvil: Sure, he's funny and personable, but he's always a second away from doing or saying something horrific.
230	* ForTheEvulz: His reason for killing 38 people (from a deleted scene)?
231	-->'''Stans:''' Well, my lawyer said I was crazy, but you want to know the real reason; [[BloodKnight why the fuck not?]]
232	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Already wounded, he throws himself at a Black Predator with a knife and slows it down enough for the others to escape]].
233	* HiddenDepths: He's a serial killer and all-but-stated to be a rapist as well, as opposed to most of the others on the team who have some sort of military or professional background. Despite all that, he actually causes far less trouble on the team than the audience might expect, given his hardened criminal characteristics. He's also not above [[spoiler: sacrificing himself to allow the others to get away]].
234	* LaughablyEvil: He is both the most evil and funniest character in the group, and has several scenes that show that neither cancels the other out.
235	* PetTheDog: Even as the [[spoiler: most obvious]] TokenEvilTeammate, he gets a few of these: his WhatTheHellHero to Royce, for one, and the [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice.]]
236	* PsychoKnifeNut: Has both the skills and the [[AxCrazy personality]] for this archetype. However, he quickly recognizes how limiting his shiv is and at one point demands a gun from one his better armed "companions".
237	* RedHerring: Just from his serial killer background and making some sleazy comments towards Isabelle, one might expect Stans to be the one who would ultimately try to backstab the heroes in some way. However, he does no such thing, because [[spoiler:Edwin happens to have been the BitchInSheepsClothing the whole time, and it is HIM who tries to murder Isabelle later on]].
238	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:His HeroicSacrifice does seem to be making up for all the horrific crimes he committed back on Earth.]]
239	* SerialRapist: Heavily implied with his comments about how when he gets home he's going to "do so much cocaine and rape so many fine bitches."
240	* SociopathicHero: He's unambiguously a homicidal psychopath, but he's brave, skilled, and pragmatic enough to be a valuable member of the team.
241	* StupidEvil: While his backstory, especially his ForTheEvulz attitude mentioned in the deleted scene, play this straight, it's surprisingly averted in the events of the film. While he's open and proud of being a sadistic serial killer with a 38-person kill count (leading viewers to suspect that he'll turn on the group at the right moment), he's actually smart enough to realize that their only chance against the Predators is if they stick together. He apparently learned this as prison etiquette: if the inmates fight each other, it makes it easier for the guards to keep them under their thumb. He's crass and combative with the others, but he never comes to blows with them.
242	* TokenEvilTeammate: It's almost sad that it's half-masked by his hilarity, but you have to remember that the mercs are {{Punch Clock Villain}}s who killed for money, while Stans killed people for the hell of it. Some people don't need a reason, just an excuse.
243	* WhatTheHellHero: Of all people, he joins Isabelle in directing a minor one at Royce after [[spoiler: Mombasa's]] death.
244	-->'''Royce:''' I needed to know who we're up against. Now I do.\
245	'''Stans:''' A man is dead because of that.\
246	'''Royce:''' This morning you were ready to kill him.\
247	'''Stans:''' Well, it ain't this goddamn morning, is it?
248	[[/folder]]
249
250	[[folder:Mombasa]]
251	!!Mombasa
252	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeMombasa_406.jpg]]
253	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am ready to die. Are you?"'']]
254	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MahershalaAli
255
256	An RUF member and a Sierra Leone death squad officer.
257	----
258	* AfricanTerrorists: Was a member of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_United_Front RUF]], a Sierra Leone paramilitary group.
259	* TheAtoner: Maybe. He doesn't seem sadistic or particularly proud of his actions, but [[spoiler:he's killed before we can learn more about his character.]]
260	* BaldOfEvil: His shaved head nicely complements his past of carrying out horrific deeds.
261	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted! [[spoiler:Barely. He's the ''second'' to die.]]
262	* ChurchgoingVillain: He's shown doing a salat (a daily Muslim prayer) during the respite and his DVD preview.
263	* DecompositeCharacter: Like Billy from the first movie, Mombasa has a strong jungle sense, and is able to tell when the Predator(s) are hunting/stalking them. He even stares intently into the trees at a cloaked Predator, to the confusion of his teammates. However, [[spoiler:it's Hanzo who challenges a Predator to a duel in order to buy time for his three remaining companions to escape]].
264	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:He's impaled by a trap set by the Predators.]]
265	* NotAfraidToDie: See his quote if you are uncertain. It gives him an edge on Stans when the two are locked in a stalemate.
266	* NotSoDifferentRemark: He [[{{Lampshading}} notes]] the Predators are using a tactic he himself has used in the past -- namely, luring other people into traps with a badly wounded ally's cries for help.
267	* TheRival: To Stans, at first. The two started to fight each other soon after landing on the planet, and take turns enjoying it when something bad happens to each other.
268	* ScaryBlackMan: Big, check. Black, check. RUF death squad member, check. Played by the [[RetroactiveRecognition Academy Award-winning actor destined to be the]][[invoked]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse voice of the Prowler]], [[Series/LukeCage2016 Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes]], and the next Comicbook/{{Blade}} after Creator/WesleySnipes, check.
269	* TheStoic: He doesn't emote much, and just tends to take things as they come.
270	[[/folder]]
271
272	[[folder:Cuchillo]]
273	!!Cuchillo
274	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cuchillo_5742.jpg]]
275	[[caption-width-right:350:''"This is Hell."'']]
276	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DannyTrejo
277
278	->''"Does this look like a teamwork-orientated group of individuals to you?"''
279
280	A Mexican enforcer for the Los Zetas drug cartel.
281	----
282	* ActorAllusion: Creator/DannyTrejo plays a gunslinging, [[LargeHam scenery-chewing]], Mexican gangster named after [[Film/{{Machete}} a sharp implement]].
283	* ChurchgoingVillain: He carries a cross in a necklace and holds it while doing the sign of the cross in front of a dead soldier.
284	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:When he "calls for help". He's actually dead, and a Predator is just imitating his voice. ]]
285	* DeadpanSnarker: Quite a few of his lines are sarcastic, complete with a very dry delivery.
286	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He reacts this way to Stans in a deleted scene.
287	-->''"When I kill someone, it's for the payoff, the big money. You do it [[ForTheEvulz just 'cause]]."''
288	* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Possibly. Royce guesses that he's an enforcer for the Zetas cartel, and the Zetas were initially founded by Special Forces troops who deserted from the Mexican Army.
289	* GangBangers: He's identified by Royce as an enforcer for the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas_Cartel Zetas cartel]].
290	* GunsAkimbo: He tends to favor this style of combat, reinforcing his GangBangers image.
291	* {{Jerkass}}: He is by no means a likeable guy, and adds onto it by throwing some sexism Isabelle's way in a deleted scene.
292	* LargeHam: It's Danny Trejo, after all.
293	* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Money is his major motivation for all his criminal activities.
294	* StrawMisogynist: In the deleted scenes, where he shows disdain for Isabelle just because of her gender.
295	* TattooedCrook: Trejo's real life tattoos are visible, and Cuchillo is a dangerous criminal.
296	[[/folder]]
297
298	!!Predators / Yautja
299
300	[[folder:In General]]
301	* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Per usual for Predators. The variation shown here is that the Black Predators have a single long blade that can be fired out from their gauntlet.
302	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Black Predators clearly do not share the Classic Predators' strict code of behavior. Their actions during the film would likely be frowned upon by their own culture. [[WordOfGod Robert Rodriguez]] states that the Black Predators are in fact dishonored outcasts among their own kind.
303	* EveryoneHasStandards: The Black Predators were apparently banished for their honorless ways.
304	* TheExile: According to WordOfGod. Rodriguez even suggests the possibility that the "game reserve" may be where they were banished to (possibly excluding the Crucified Predator).
305	[[/folder]]
306
307	[[folder:Berserker]]
308	!!Berserker / Mr. Black
309	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mr-black-001_3501.jpg]]
310	!!!'''Played By:''' Brian Steele
311
312	Berserker [[ProductionNickname (or Mr. Black, as it was known by the production crew)]] is the leader of the Black Predators, who spend the entire film hunting the protagonists for sport. It decorates its mask with a trophy's jawbone, possibly that of a [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]].
313	----
314	* BigBad: It is the leader of the Black Predators, and according to its bio, the BadassTeacher for the Tracker and the Falconer.
315	* CombatPragmatist: It accepts the Classic Predator's challenge to a fist-fight, but once the Classic starts scoring some hits, the Berserker resorts to using its plasma blaster.
316	* CoolMask: As stated above, its mask is adorned with the jawbone of a Xenomorph it killed during its rite of passage.
317	* CrazyPrepared: When it sees a Predator ship take off, which means one of its prey managed to reach it and escape in it, it triggers an explosive it planted in the ship in case anyone ever made it that far. [[spoiler: Good thing Royce was never aboard it.]]
318	* DramaticUnmask: The only one in the entire movie (at least from an actual Predator).
319	* EvilRedhead: The leader of the Predator pack hunting the main characters and sports red stained dreadlocks.
320	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Sentient species are its favorite prey, as per the course for any Yautja.
321	* LaserGuidedKarma: While it was very unintentional on Royce's part, the Berserker's death is remarkably similar to how the Crucified Predator dies: beaten, bleeding, and decapitated.
322	* ObviouslyEvil: The eyes on its mask glow a hellish red, compared to the yellowish glow of all the other Predators. The red-stained dreadlocks don't help much either.
323	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:This is how it kills the Crucified Predator. It later comes to be on the receiving end, when it gets decapitated by Royce in the climax of their final battle.]]
324	* UnflinchingWalk: When it detonates its own spacecraft, it just walks away casually without even looking back at the end results.
325	[[/folder]]
326
327	[[folder:Tracker]]
328	!!Tracker / Flusher
329	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tracker-001_6508.jpg]]
330	!!!'''Played By:''' Carey Jones
331
332	Responsible for sending the [[AngryGuardDog hell-hounds]] after the humans, it also tracks them into Noland's refuge.
333	----
334	* TheBeastmaster: The Tracker has trained a pack of spiny dog-like aliens to obey its commands.
335	* CoolMask: Its mask has large tusks fixed to the lower part of it. The area around the left eye also bears the mark of a previous encounter, looking like a burn or acid may have caused it.
336	* FangsAreEvil: The two warthog-like tusks jutting out from its mask.
337	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Like its teacher, the Berserker.
338	* LonersAreFreaks: Aside from being part of criminal clan, according to promotional materials he prefers to hang out with his hounds rather than other Yautja.
339	* NeckLift: In an InternalHomage to the first film, it does it to Nikolai.
340	* PhraseCatcher: As part of the above InternalHomage, it receives a "You're one ugly motherfucker!" in Russian.
341	* ScarilyCompetentTracker: It uses spiny beasts as hunting hounds to flush out its prey.
342	[[/folder]]
343
344	[[folder:Falconer]]
345	!!Falconer
346	[[quoteright:271:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/falconer-001_4067.jpg]]
347	!!!'''Played By:''' Brian Steele
348
349	A Predator so named for using a falcon-like drone to seek its prey. Once it sees Hanzo raising his katana, it accepts the challenge, and summons its wrist-blade to battle him.
350	----
351	* CoolMask: Falconer has a more angular looking helmet, which appears to evoke a bird-of-prey.
352	* DoesNotLikeGuns: Implied, due to its lack of shoulder cannon and penchant for melee combat -- either that or it's too young to have one.
353	* DroneDeployer: It utilises a falcon-like drone to seek out its prey.
354	* DuelBoss: It takes on Hanzo in a one-on-one duel. [[spoiler:Which, combined with its pride and need to toy with its prey, turns out to be a lethal mistake.]]
355	* FatalFlaw: Pride. Toying with its opponents leads to its demise. That said, [[spoiler:its death is a direct result of the pride evident in its entire [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy species.]]]]
356	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: As with every Predator.
357	* MutualKill: [[spoiler:It mortally wounds Hanzo, but dies at his hands regardless.]]
358	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Why it accepts the sword battle with Hanzo.
359	* WorthyOpponent: Strongly implied with Hanzo. It immediately recognises his "offer" of a sword fight, decloaking to engage him on those terms. Predators generally only engage worthy foes in melee combat, and as such the Falconer is showing him a great deal of respect. It's also notable considering Black Predators by and large care little for the honor of Classic Predators.
360	[[/folder]]
361
362	[[folder:Crucified Predator]]
363	!!Classic Predator / Crucified Predator
364	[[quoteright:278:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/classic-pred-001_7969.png]]
365	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DerekMears
366
367	->''"[[TheScream RRRRAAAAARRGGGGHHHHH!]]"''
368
369	One of the traditional Predators, it's found having been trussed up by the larger Predators.
370	----
371	* BadassInDistress: It's first introduced chained to a pillar in the enemy Predator camp.
372	* BloodKnight: Natch, since all the Yautja are, canonically.
373	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Classic Predators live by a strict moral code; that code happens to endorse hunting, killing, and taking trophies from human beings.
374	* EnemyMine: It loosely allies with the humans after being freed.
375	* HonorBeforeReason: Rather than try to escape, when it's freed it attacks the Berserker Predator.
376	* IGaveMyWord: While not spoken verbatim, it keeps its nonverbal word after Royce frees it. Instead of attacking or strangling the human, it keeps its end of the bargain by using its wrist gauntlet to hack the Black Predators' spacecraft and send it to Earth.
377	* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Again, canonically for the species.
378	* RemakeCameo: Its appearance marks the return of the original Predator design (which was absent from both ''Predator 2'' and the ''Alien Vs. Predator'' movies).
379	* TheWorfEffect: We know the Super Predators mean game for having captured one of the "classic flavor" Predators (and later, killing it). It's downplayed once it actually ''does'' get free, as while it loses the fight with the Berserker Predator, it puts up a far better fight than a malnourished, wounded Predator with poor equipment would be expected to, and the Berserker has to cheat in order to win.
380	* YouShallNotPass: It voluntarily stands between Royce and the Berserker before their fight, challenging its nemesis to a one-on-one while Royce runs for the spaceship.
381	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / Predators