Line #12 Characters/RedSonja1985


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3	Character page for the 1985 film ''Film/{{Red Sonja\|1985}}''.
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5	For the characters of the [[ComicBook/RedSonja comic books]], see [[Characters/RedSonja here]].
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7	[[foldercontrol]]
8
9	!!'''Sonja and her Allies'''
10
11	[[folder: Sonja]]
12	!!ComicBook/RedSonja
13	[[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/normal_brigitte-nielsen-red-sonja-1985_8249.jpg]]
14	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BrigitteNielsen
15	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Evelyn Séléna (European French)
16
17	A woman whose family was slain by Queen Gedren, and she was herself raped by Gedren's men. A spirit came to her, and gave her the strength to seek vengeance. She went on to train with the best sword masters and became a formidable warrior.
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19	* ActionGirl: She becomes a fierce badass very few people can hope to defeat after training with the best sword masters.
20	* BadassNormal: Sorcery does exist in her world, but being a superbly trained warrior in said world is more than enough.
21	* CharacterTitle: ''Red Sonja''.
22	* CoolSword: When comes the time to choose a sword, she's guided by the voice of the spirit that granted her the strength to seek revenge. The sword she chooses has quite elaborate hilt ornaments, a golden half-moon most notably.
23	* DoesNotLikeMen: After her rape, Sonja disliked being touched by them, understandably, although she still felt affection for the Grand Master who taught her. Sonja tells him that she doesn't really hate all men though, but refuses to let them touch her [[BestHerToBedHer unless they're able to equal or defeat her in combat]]. Later, she slowly warms up Kalidor, and kisses him.
24	* DoomedHometown: Her family and farm are destroyed by Gedren's men at the beginning of the film, and she gets raped.
25	* FieryRedhead: Sonja is a red-haired, hot-blooded swordswoman who has righteous fury for Queen Gedren, who had her raped and ordered Sonja's family slaughtered, on whom she has sworn vengeance.
26	* FriendlyRivalry: She has one with Kalidor, as both are equally great sword fighters.
27	* HeroesPreferSwords: She's the story's heroine, and she trained to wield swords.
28	* MasterSwordswoman: She becomes one after training with the best sword masters. Only Kalidor is her match.
29	* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: Being a woman, she can touch the Talisman safely.
30	* RapeAndRevenge: She has been raped by Gedren's men. ''Nothing'' should stand in her way to get revenge.
31	* RapeAsBackstory: See above.
32	* RedBaron: "Red" Sonja. Comes from the fact that she's a redhead.
33	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her outfit's sexiness is quite downplayed compared to her [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/2/29837/828576-redsonja_land_cov.jpg comics]] [[http://www.dynamite.com/images/TNRSV201CovScott.jpg counterparts]], but it's still very Franchise/WonderWoman-esque.
34	* {{You Killed My Fa\|ther}}mily: Gedren had her whole family slaughtered.
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder: Kalidor]]
38	!!Lord Kalidor of Hyrkania
39	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kalidor-la-legende-du-talisman-1985-3345-1750919910_8772.jpg]]
40	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger
41	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/RichardDarbois (European French)
42
43	A warrior who was sworn to protect the Order of the Talisman. After the Talisman is stolen by Queen Gedren, he teams up with Sonja in order to find and destroy it before it destroys the world.
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45	* AmazonChaser: Being a great warrior himself, he's attracted to Sonja due to both her beauty and her prowess in combat.
46	* CaptainErsatz: Of Film/{{Conan\|The Barbarian 1982}}, for [[invoked]][[ScrewedByTheLawyers copyright reasons]]. It could actually be Conan, since he's used many aliases before. He's also called "Lord of Hyrkania" -- Hyrkania is a country that's part of Conan's lore (Subotai comes from there in the 1982 film, besides), it's even where the comics version of Sonja comes from.
47	* CoolSword: Wields a pretty cool sword, with a golden shield ornament on the hilt.
48	* FriendlyRivalry: He has one with Sonja, as both are equally great sword fighters.
49	* HeroesPreferSwords: Like Sonja, he's a MasterSwordsman.
50	* HeroicBuild: Being played by Arnold Schwarzenegger helps, even though he has no ShirtlessScene to display it to the full, unlike the ''Conan'' movies.
51	* MasterSwordsman: The equal of Sonja in sword combat.
52	* OneManArmy: He tears through Gedren's army without a scratch and takes on Brytag's army alone to allow Sonja a chance to flee the fortified gate.
53	* SuperStrength: Just as Conan did in his two movies, Kalidor can lift weights way beyond possible for a normal human being.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder: Tarn]]
57	!!Prince Tarn of Harblock
58	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princetarn.jpg]]
59	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ErnieReyesJr
60	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/JackieBerger (European French)
61
62	The young prince of the kingdom of Harblock, which was destroyed by Queen Gedren using the Talisman. He projects to raise a new army and joins Sonja in her crusade against Gedren.
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64	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He thinks he's much stronger than he is, and it's up to Sonja to teach him discipline, humbleness and better combat techniques.
65	* CoolCrown[=/=]CoolHelmet: He wears a helmet (or is it a crown?) decorated with red silk and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickelhaube Pickelhaube]]-esque spike.
66	* DefiantToTheEnd: He still utters death threats to the bandits that are about to quarter him.
67	* FearlessFool: He doesn't hesitate to jump on Kalidor thinking he is a threat to Sonja. He isn't afraid to confront Ikol alone either.
68	* {{Flynning}}: Subverted. Sonja shows him why this wouldn't really work in a real fight.
69	* MacheteMayhem: His sword has the shape of a machete (the prop likely was one).
70	* {{Pride}}: His character flaw, although he's young and eventually grows more humble after receiving a few lessons courtesy of Sonja.
71	* RoyalBrat: He starts as purely this, bossing Falkon around and being quite arrogant, but Sonja gives him several lessons that make him more humble over the course of the movie.
72	* StayInTheKitchen: He arrogantly invites Sonja to work for him as a cook the first time they meet.
73	* TokenMinority: The only non-white in Sonja's party.
74	* TooDumbToLive: He hates hunting and thus orders Falkon to go hunting alone, which gets him easily captured by bandits and nearly gets him killed by quartering.
75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder: Falkon]]
78	!!Falkon
79	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/falcon.jpg]]
80	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PaulLSmith
81	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Mario Santini (European French)
82
83	Prince Tarn's loyal bodyguard and last remaining manservant.
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85	* {{Acrofatic}}: His girth doesn't prevent him from climbing the castle's wall along with Kalidor and Sonja. He still has this line upon reaching the stone duct:
86	-->"Tomorrow I start my diet..."
87	* BadWithTheBone: He uses a big bone as club, and offers a smaller one to Tarn before climbing the castle with Sonja and Kalidor.
88	* BattleButler: Since he's Tarn's only servant left, he doesn't limit himself to bodyguarding the little prince but also goes hunting and cooks for the both of them.
89	* BigEater: He can't resist eating a bit of Gedren's men's chicken as he has landed straight onto their refectory table, even as the fight is about to begin.
90	* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: He is quite good at knife throwing.
91	* CoolHelmet: His headgear looks more like a metallic hat than a helmet actually.
92	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He can look and act goofy in his dedication to protect Prince Tarn and [[YesMan do whatever Tarn orders him to do]] no matter how stupid it is, but he's still a force to be reckoned with.
93	* EnemyEatsYourLunch: A hilarious inversion of the trope. ''He'' ends up eating the bad guys' lunch.
94	* FatComicRelief: He's overweight, and quite a goofball at times.
95	* UndyingLoyalty: He has sworn to protect Prince Tarn and obeys every one of his orders. He never bothers discussing said orders, no matter how stupid they can prove to be, and he never even thinks about giving the prince much-needed corrections for his bratty behaviour, even with no one left to punish him for touching a royal heir.
96	* YesMan: He'll obey ''every'' order of Tarn, no matter how stupid they can be since his prince is an immature child. Best illustrated when Tarn gets captured by bandits while Falkon was away hunting for food... Tarn didn't care for hunting and thus Falkon didn't insist for Tarn to follow him...
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	!!Temple of the Talisman
100
101	[[folder: Varna]]
102	!!Varna
103	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/red_sonja_1985_00002.jpg]]
104	!!!'''Played by:''' Janet Ågren
105	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Béatrice Delfe (European French)
106
107	Sonja's sister, who joined the order of priestesses who guard the Talisman.
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109	* ActionGirl: She trained as a warrior as all the priestesses guarding the Talisman seemingly did.
110	* AlmostDeadGuy: She eventually dies from the crossbow bolt that was shot in her back, but not before warning her sister about the Talisman having been stolen.
111	* DiesWideOpen: She dies with her eyes open.
112	* SoleSurvivor: She's the only priestess not to get killed inside the temple by Gedren's men or thrown in the pit beneath the Talisman's pedestal by them... though not for long as she gets shot {{in the back}} with a crossbow bolt as she was using a zipline to escape.
113	[[/folder]]
114
115	!!'''Kingdom of Eternal Night'''
116
117	[[folder: Gedren]]
118	!!Queen Gedren
119	[[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gedren.jpg]]
120	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SandahlBergman
121	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Paule Emanuele (European French)
122
123	The evil queen of the Kingdom of Eternal Night. She destroyed Sonja's family and seeks to use the Talisman to dominate the world.
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125	* AmbitionIsEvil: An ambitious queen who wants to rule over the world using an ArtifactOfDoom.
126	* BigBad: The massacre of Sonja's family on her orders drives the plot.
127	* TheCaligula: She's AxCrazy and ultimately leads her own kingdom to ruin by coveting the Talisman.
128	* CoolCrown: Her crown's design seems to be based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Crown_of_the_Holy_Roman_Empire Crown of the Holy Roman Empire]].
129	* DarkIsEvil: She dresses mostly in black.
130	%%zce* EvilCounterpart: To Sonja.
131	* EvilLaugh: She lets out quite a few evil laughs towards the end of the film.
132	* EvilOverlord: She rules Berkubane, the Kingdom of Eternal Night, a {{Mordor}}-esque land.
133	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: A mad queen who wants to dominate the world using the Talisman.
134	* LadyOfBlackMagic: An ambitious, evil queen as well as a sorceress.
135	* MalevolentMaskedWoman: She wears a golden mask after Sonja scarred her face.
136	* MinorInjuryOverreaction: When Sonja accuses Gedren of slaughtering her family, she dismisses the accusations as from her point of view, the victims' lives are nothing in comparison with the scar Sonja made on her cheek.
137	* PsychoLesbian: She's a mad queen, and also attracted to women. Sonja's refusal of her advances (plus cutting her cheek) enraged her so much that she had her family killed, and Sonja raped by her soldiers for it.
138	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Gedren really doesn't shy away from combat and gives Sonja one hell of a fight in their final battle.
139	* RedRightHand: A scar on her cheek, courtesy of Sonja at the beginning of the film.
140	[[/folder]]
141
142	[[folder: Ikol]]
143	!!Ikol
144	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ikol.jpg]]
145	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/RonaldLacey
146	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/SergeSauvion (European French)
147
148	Queen Gedren's vizier.
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150	* DarkIsEvil: He dresses all in black and serves an evil queen.
151	* TheDragon: He is Gedren's second in command.
152	* KarmicDeath: He dies fighting Tarn when trying to flee with gold that was plundered in Tarn's destroyed kingdom.
153	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When it becomes clear that the Talisman's power can't be contained and the castle starts collapsing because of this, he decides to leave before it's too late, no matter what Gedren thinks of it.
154	* StockNinjaWeaponry: He uses shurikens on occasion, as seen when he kills the {{High Priest}}ess of the Talisman, signaling Gedren's troops to start assaulting the temple.
155	* YoureInsane: He says this to Gedren before [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere attempting to leave]] the [[CollapsingLair collapsing castle]].
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder: The Aquatic Monster]]
159	!!The Aquatic Monster
160	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/redsonjamonster.jpg]]
161
162	A mechanical aquatic monster that's unleashed by Ikol upon Tarn, Falkon and Sonja as part of a trap Tarn activated in a rainwater pit.
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164	* AchillesHeel: Its eyes, which Sonja and Kalidor eventually [[GoForTheEye gouge]], rendering it blind and causing it to writhe about uncontrollably.
165	* MechanicalLifeforms: It looks mechanical, but it also seems to suffer like a real animal upon being blinded.
166	* NoSell: As it's made of metal, weapons are useless against it. [[AchillesHeel Its eyes, however]]...
167	* SchmuckBait: The monster is unleashed via a trap linked to a big pearl in a rainwater pit, which Tarn wants to use to rebuild his kingdom. The pearl is hard to remove but Falkon pulls it off... [[OhCrap with the expected consequence]].
168	[[/folder]]
169
170	!!Other Foes
171
172	[[folder: Brytag]]
173	!!Brytag
174	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brytag.jpg]]
175	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/PatRoach
176	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Jacques Deschamps (European French)
177
178	The keeper of the gates leading to the Kingdom of Eternal Night.
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180	* BeardOfBarbarism: Brytag and his men are depicted no differently than barbarians in the ''Conan'' movies that came before ''Red Sonja'', and he's bearded.
181	* BeardOfEvil: He's bearded and won't hesitate to massacre those who won't pay him a tax. Plus he's a DirtyOldMan expecting women who want to cross his gate to pay him a "favor".
182	* BlingOfWar: He wears a mail/plate armor that's adorned with gold.
183	* CashGate: One has to pay him a tax to enter the Kingdom of Eternal Night.
184	* CoolKey: He uses a big key to open his door and wears it on a necklace.
185	* DirtyOldMan: He won't let Sonja pass through his door unless she does him a "[[SexForServices favor]]".
186	* EvilGloating: Gloats about the sufferings he will inflict to Sonja while fighting her.
187	* EvilRedhead: He's a DirtyOldMan and a greedy bastard, and he's red-headed.
188	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Sonja ends up running him through with her sword.
189	* LargeAndInCharge: He's much more heavily built than his men.
190	* LeaveHimToMe: He decides to kill Sonja by himself when it becomes clear he won't have it his way with her.
191	* VillainOfTheDetour: He's not under Queen Gedren's orders but Sonja needs to cross his gate in order to get to Gedren's kingdom. Sonja opts to kill him to get the key to the gate and confront his army.
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	[[folder: Djart]]
195	!!Djart
196	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/djart.jpg]]
197	!!!'''Played by:''' Terry Richards
198	!!!'''Dubbed by:''' Marc François (European French)
199
200	The leader of a gang of bandits who kidnap Prince Tarn and torture him hoping he'll tell them where he hides his gold (not believing that he's broke since the destruction of his kingdom).
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202	* BeardOfEvil: He's bearded, and ready to torture and murder Prince Tarn and even giggles about it.
203	* GigglingVillain: He giggles while fighting Sonja.
204	* TheHighwayman: A bandit who preys upon isolated travellers.
205	* KarmicDeath: He captured and tried to quarter Prince Tarn and he's likely a misogynist as well, and ends up gutted by Sonja's sword.
206	* TheLeader: Of his gang of bandits.
207	* UnderestimatingBadassery: He confronts Sonja while confidently giggling about it (despite she already made quick work of one of his men), probably thinking that because she's a woman he can't lose against her. Needless to say, it's the last mistake of his life.
208	* VillainOfTheDetour: Another threat to one of the story's heroes who's not under Queen Gedren's orders.
209	* WouldHurtAChild: He has no issues with quartering Tarn.
210	[[/folder]]

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