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5Characters in ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' and its [[Film/ThePrincessBride film adaptation]].
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9!In The Story
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11[[folder:Westley]]
12!!Westley
13[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridewestley.jpg]]
14[[caption-width-right:350:''"As you wish."'']]
15->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/CaryElwes
16Buttercup's true love, who left to find work so that he could provide for her. She received word that he had been killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts.
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19* TheAce: As Inigo puts it, Westley is stronger than Fezzik, more skilled than Inigo, and smarter than Vizzini.
20* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: [[spoiler:He has spent years "building up an immunity to iocaine powder."]]
21* AdaptationalHeroism: The book subtly paints Westley as a NominalHero who is [[LovingAShadow in love with idea of Buttercup]] but barely tolerates her in-person, to the point where he was fully prepared to ''kill'' her if she turned out to be unfaithful. Nothing like this is suggested in the movie, where the two get along swimmingly. [[ObliviousToLove ...Eventually]].
22* ArchEnemy: Prince Humperdinck, an entitled noble who wants to force his beloved Princess Buttercup to marry him.
23* BackFromTheDead: After the report that he had been killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts, [[spoiler: he shows up ''as the Dread Pirate Roberts'' to save Buttercup.]][[spoiler:Westley ([[OnlyMostlyDead mostly]]) dies due to torture, but is brought back thanks to the Miracle Pill.]]
24* BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut: Inverted and PlayedForLaughs as it takes a while for Miracle Max's cure to fully take effect on Westley, and Inigo and Fezzik have to carry him around while StormingTheCastle as bits him are "waking up" one at a time.
25* TheBigDamnKiss: "Since the invention of the kiss there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind. The End." Made ironic when the kid insists on skipping or editing all the kissy stuff at first but starts enjoying it by the end (film only).
26* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: During his duel with Inigo Montoya, the Man in Black throws his sword. It spins end over end and impales itself in the ground point first.
27* ColdBloodedTorture:
28** Courtesy of [[spoiler:Count Rugen]]
29** In the book, it goes a bit more in depth. [[spoiler:Rugen tortures Westley through various methods while constructing The Machine, and Westley is shown to be immune to every single one of them by taking his mind away from the pain and imagining himself with Buttercup, though he fakes being in pain (which Count Rugen picks up on). The Machine, however, completely destroys this defense, and leaves him as little more than a quivering mess.]]
30* CoolMask: He wears a mask as the Man in Black.
31-->'''Fezzik:''' [[LampshadeHanging Why are you wearing a mask?]] Were you burned by acid or something like that?\
32'''Man in Black:''' No, it's just that they are terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.
33* DarkIsNotEvil: As the Dread Pirate Roberts, Westley wears dark clothing and is a good guy.
34* DeadpanSnarker: Before he reveals to Buttercup that he is indeed Westley, he occasionally snarks at her. Later he starts snarking at Humperdinck. Also, the whole conversation while he's climbing the Cliffs of Insanity.
35-->'''Inigo:''' Hello there! Slow going?\
36'''Westley:''' Look, I don't mean to be rude, but this is not as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me.\
37'''Inigo:''' Right, right. Sorry.\
38'''Westley:''' Thank you.\
39''[{{beat}}]''\
40'''Inigo:''' I do not suppose you could-a speed things up?\
41'''Westley:''' Look, if you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.\
42'''Inigo:''' I could do that. I have got some more rope up here. But I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around up here to kill you.\
43'''Westley:''' [[{{Understatement}} That does put a damper on our relationship.]]\
44'''Inigo:''' But… I promise I will ''not'' kill you until you reach the top.\
45'''Westley:''' That's very comforting. But I'm afraid you'll just have to wait.\
46'''Inigo:''' I hate waiting. Could I give you my word as a Spaniard?\
47'''Westley:''' No good. I've known too many Spaniards.\
48'''Inigo:''' Is there any way you'll trust me?\
49'''Westley:''' Nothing comes to mind.
50* DeathIsCheap: He dies from the torture device. Miracle Max helps him shrug it off.
51* TheDreaded: As the Dread Pirate Roberts, it's in the name. When people hear he's approaching, they tend to turn tail and run.
52* {{Farmboy}}: Starts out as one before leaving to find his fortune.
53* GuileHero: Though he's a very good fighter, he tends to rely on his wits and his fast-talking skills.
54* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Very blond, as well as (deep down) kindhearted and loyal.
55* TheHero: The handsome and skilled protagonist and love interest.
56* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:Well, more like "I am not left-handed either." After Inigo starts fighting with his dominant hand, Westley does the same.]]
57* LadyAndKnight: Or Lady and Pirate, whatever. The Knight to Buttercup's Lady.
58* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:He's the Dread Pirate Roberts, the latest one specifically.]]
59* LivingLegend: [[spoiler:As the Dread Pirate Roberts, at least, he's the most feared man around.]]
60* LovingAShadow: In the book, it's hinted that [[spoiler:he only really loves Buttercup for her beauty, and projects an imagined personality onto her since, as the narrator points out several times, he always gets annoyed and starts sniping at her whenever they actually talk in person. At the end, the LemonyNarrator "guesses" that once Buttercup's looks start to go, he'll eventually realize that her personality is such that he feels she isn't worth all the trouble he's gone through to get her.]] In the film, by contrast, he puts her through a SecretTestOfCharacter to see if she's still the woman he fell in love with/genuinely loved him.
61* MasterOfAll: He faces a master swordsman, strongman, and trickster, and beats them all.
62* MasterSwordsman: Can fight Montoya to a standstill.
63* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:[[TheDreaded The Dread Pirate Roberts.]]]]
64* NervesOfSteel: Absolutely nothing phases him. He takes on the most dangerous challenges with almost superhuman equanimity. Subverted with Rugen's Pain Machine, which is enough to break him on the lowest setting ([[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion but can only mostly kill him on the highest]]]]).
65* OnlyMostlyDead: The TropeNamer! In his case, it was because he hadn't been dead for very long.
66* PaperThinDisguise: Westley <-> Dread Pirate Roberts. It's amazing Buttercup takes so long to realize it. It also qualifies as ClarkKenting, although the book depicts him wearing a more complete disguise. Also, Buttercup had no reason to expect Westley to be alive, so she wasn't looking for him.
67* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:In the film, Westley asks Inigo if he's ever considered piracy, implying that he will pass on the title of Dread Pirate Roberts to be with Buttercup.]]
68* PayEvilUntoEvil: It is curious that out of Vizzini's trio, the only one he actively decided to kill (Vizzini himself) happened to be the only genuinely evil one of the three (holding a knife to his true love's neck certainly didn't help Vizzini's odds of survival).
69* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Mostly due to the reputation of the Dread Pirate Roberts, when merchants realize he is approaching, they give up immediately, sparing Westley from the fight.
70* PrettyBoy: Oh yes. With his handsome facial features, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold beautiful blond hair]], and [[WhatBeautifulEyes big blue eyes]], it's no wonder why Buttercup became attracted to him.
71* PunctuatedForEmphasis: As he puts it:
72-->"Drop. Your. Sword."
73* ResurrectionSickness: [[spoiler:Westley is [[BitsOfMeKeepPassingOut very weak]] after taking the Miracle Pill.]]
74* SecretTestOfCharacter: Pulls on Buttercup by riling her up as the Dread Pirate Roberts, testing if she really did love him, or turned out to be a GoldDigger. When she finally pulls a ShutUpHannibal and kicks off a cliff, he responds with the classic, "As you wish."
75* ScheherezadeGambit: His relationship [[spoiler:with the previous Dread Pirate Roberts]].
76* TheScream: [[spoiler:He screams ''very loudly'' while in Count Rugen's Machine. Inigo and Fezzik find him because of it.]]
77* SecretTest: The Man in Black doesn't reveal his true identity to Buttercup after he rescues her in hopes of finding out whether she still loves him.
78* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: "As you wish," meaning "I love you." Former TropeNamer.
79* TakeNoPrisoners: The Dread Pirate Roberts is known for leaving no survivors.
80* ToThePain: [[RuleOfThree Trope Namer]]:
81-->'''Westley:''' To the pain means that the first thing you lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose… The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right… Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why: so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish; every babe that weeps at your approach; every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing?" will echo in your perfect ears. That is what "to the pain" means; it means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in [[AFateWorseThanDeath freakish misery]], [[AndIMustScream forever]].
82* UnableToSupportAWife: Why Westley went to seek his fortune.
83* WellTrainedButInexperienced: In the book, Inigo notes that Westley is a tremendous fighter when the two are in the middle of open ground, but is tripped up when Inigo lures him over to obstacles like large rocks and trees, where Inigo is able to briefly take the upper hand. This dovetails with their back stories, as Westley was extremely well trained by the Dread Pirate Roberts and his crew... but he was trained to fight aboard a ship and all his fighting experience has taken place about boats, so he has no training or practical experience dealing with natural land obstacles likes trees or boulders. By contrast, Inigo is not only well-trained, but has been working as a mercenary with Vizzini and Fezzik, fighting to the death in all sorts of situations and places.
84* WhamLine: "[[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay As you wish]]" while falling down the hillside.
85* WorthyOpponent: Inigo. The feeling is mutual, and the two are incredibly amicable with one another once Westley reaches the top of the cliff. They become allies almost instantly once Vizzini is dead.
86* YouFightLikeACow: The famous Inigo/Westley duel, but with compliments and discussion of swordfighting tactics instead of insults. (In most DVD editions, that chapter is titled "The Chatty Duelists.")
87[[/folder]]
88
89[[folder:Buttercup]]
90!!Buttercup
91[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridebuttercup.jpg]]
92[[caption-width-right:350:]]
93->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/RobinWright
94A beautiful girl who is selected to marry the prince. She is adored by the people and is willing to go through with the marriage, but is kidnapped at the start of the story.
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96[[hardline]]
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98* AdaptationalIntelligence: The book portrays Buttercup as a comic BrainlessBeauty, not even knowing that bathing is something a person might do to impress a love interest (or in general). Her movie counterpart, while not quite a genius, is able to instantly SpotTheThread in Humperdinck's lie about sending out his four fastest ships.
99* ArrangedMarriage: To Prince Humperdinck, though it's one he arranges himself. She's not happy about it -- she doesn't even like him, let alone love him -- but he's the crown prince.
100* TheBigDamnKiss: "Since the invention of the kiss, there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind. The End." Made ironic when the kid insists on skipping or editing all the kissy stuff at first but starts enjoying it by the end.
101* CatapultNightmare: In the movie, after she's heckled by the Ancient Booer.
102* DamselInDistress: Zig-zags between this and DamselOutOfDistress. While she's [[NeutralFemale especially useless]] in the fight with the ROUS (C'mon, swing that branch, don't just jab with it like a pool cue! Or pick up Westley's sword, or ''something''), she makes a pretty good effort to escape from Vizzini, Fezzik, and Inigo that only fails because of the Shrieking Eels (sharks, in the book), and ends up kicking the Man in Black down a rather steep ravine - though in the latter case, he was Westley and just putting her through a SecretTestOfCharacter, so when he responded with a hilarious dopplering, [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay "Asss! Yoooou! Wisssssssh!"]], she throws herself down after him.
103* DamselOutOfDistress: As noted above, she makes a pretty good stab at it for someone with no combat skills, weapons, or particular GuileHero skills.
104* DecoyProtagonist: At first it appears that she’s the focus of the story, being the titular Princess Bride. However, by the second act it becomes clear that Westley is the main character.
105* DreamingTheTruth: Or rather, dreaming the truth of her guilty conscience via the Ancient Booer.
106* DumbassHasAPoint: Less so in the film, because she's hinted to be a bit smarter, but even the considerably dimmer book version of Buttercup has her moments, like when she reasons to herself that while it's not ''right'' to marry someone she doesn't love, it's not ''wrong'' either, since it's not hurting anyone (that she knows of) and it's not like she has anything else to live for while she waits to die to rejoin Westley anyway. She also tells Vizzini that his brilliant plan to use his blood to whip the sharks into a frenzy wasn't exactly hard to come up with.
107* DumbBlonde: Her hair is golden as the sun, but she's not exactly the brightest bulb in the box - though she's actually rather smarter than she appears. Exaggerated in the book.
108* FairytaleWeddingDress: The wedding dress she wears in the third act, as she's about to marry Prince Humperdinck.
109* GiverOfLameNames: In the book, she names her [[ADogNamedDog horse "Horse,"]] and calls her parents' farm boy "Farm Boy."
110* GreenEyedEpiphany: In the book, the reason she realizes her love for Westley is because the Countess Rugen has the visible hots for him.
111* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde hair, and a pretty decent person.
112* HiddenDepths: She's sometimes hilariously unobservant (see her missing that Westley is the Dread Pirate Roberts - though to be fair, she thought Westley was dead and he was intentionally acting nothing like the Westley she remembered), but she is actually smarter and more courageous than she appears, shown particularly well in her [[ShutUpHannibal speeches to Humperdinck]].
113* IceQueen: She flip-flops between this and DefrostingIceQueen throughout the book: In the beginning, she was an IceQueen, then defrosts after she realizes her love for Westley. She freezes up again after Westley's reported demise, then defrosts after [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay realizing that he's still alive]].
114* InformedAttractiveness: Regarding the movie: Princess Buttercup is considered the "most beautiful woman in the world" in-universe. While Robin Wright ''is'' a beautiful woman, anyone trying to portray a WorldsMostBeautifulWoman would have a big task ahead of them.
115* JobTitle: Her precise function in the story, at least as far as Humperdinck is concerned, is to be a princess and a bride. [[spoiler:And a murder victim.]]
116* KirkSummation: When Humperdinck reveals that he never sent any ships to find Westley, she points out how his plan will fail because their love will prevail and that he is a DirtyCoward.
117* LadyAndKnight: After a fashion with Westley, even through she's not really a lady, and he's not really a knight.
118* LovedByAll: As the prince's fiancée, she is adored by just about everyone ''except'' her future husband. This gives Humperdinck the idea to have her murdered as an excuse to go to war with the neighboring country.
119* TheMourningAfter: Played with. While Buttercup is deeply grieved by the news of Westley's "murder" and holds to her vow never to love again, she does get engaged to another man. However, it is an [[ArrangedMarriage arranged]] and loveless engagement that the film implies (and the book confirms) she had no real say in.
120* MarryForLove: Her eventual fate with Westley. She clearly has no interest whatsoever in marrying for power and status, much less with someone like Humperdinck.
121* NeutralFemale: Buttercup is hilariously useless, at least until the end (of the book) when she manages to drive off the Brute squad by claiming her (false) authority as the Queen. In the film, she's a little more active, making two reasonable attempts to escape captivity, and cutting Humperdinck down to size with a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech - though that has some unfortunate side-effects.
122* ObliviousToLove: To Wesley, natch. This is made more obvious in the book, where he has to spell it out for her, whereas in the film, she eventually realized it on her own. Also, in the book, all the boys in the village fell in love with her as she neared that "[[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman most beautiful woman in the world]]" mark, so she was terribly annoyed when all those ridiculous girls in the village accused her of "stealing all the boys."
123* OhCrap: When she realises that the Man in Black is Westley, and she's just kicked him off a cliff.
124* OnlyOneName: Like almost every one else, with a [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya notable exception]], though Count Rugen is incidentally revealed to have a first name - Tyrone.
125* ThePigPen: In the book, believe it or not. Before Westley left to seek his fortune across the sea, Buttercup almost never bathed or washed her hair, so an eternal layer of dirt, grime, and stink covered her. When she asks her parents how she can look her best for Westley when he returns, they instantly suggest a bath (something they'd been badgering her about for years). She's officially cured of this habit when she goes through three years of princess training.
126* PressurePoint: Fezzik uses a Vulcan Nerve Pinch to subdue her. In the book, Vizzini does it.
127* PrincessProtagonist: Buttercup gets promoted to princess, because she was born a commoner but Humperdinck wants to marry her. The book explains how she had to attend royalty school for three years, and was given the title of Princess of Hammersmith (which was part of the Florinese property, but nobody ever paid attention to it) because the Prince couldn't marry a commoner.
128* ThePowerOfLove: Played with in the wedding scene, where [[spoiler:she fully expects that the PowerOfLove will cause Westley to '''magically''' appear in the nick of time to stop her wedding — despite all the walls, gates, and guards — but he doesn't come. She has a HeroicBSOD and is almost DrivenToSuicide until Westley reappears.]]
129* QuicksandSucks: Ends up in "lightning sand" during her trek through the swamp. Fortunately, Westley saves her.
130* RagsToRoyalty: From a farm girl to almost marrying the prince of the land.
131* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tells Prince Humperdinck he's a prick in ''brutal'' fashion. Unfortunately, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero all this accomplishes is driving Humperdinck to his]] RageBreakingPoint, resulting in him going down to Rugen's Pit Of Despair and attempting to painfully kill Westley out of spite.
132-->'''Buttercup:''' You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are [[DirtyCoward a coward]], that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth!
133* ShutUpHannibal: Buttercup actually gets two moments, one in the book and one in the film.
134** In the book, after Buttercup jumps out of the boat to swim away from her kidnappers, Vizzini threatens to pour his blood into the water to excite the sharks into attacking her. After she's returned, [[EvilGloating he gloats endlessly]] [[InsufferableGenius about his genius plan]]. Eventually, she has enough and snaps at him that it doesn't exactly take genius intellect to come up with ''that'' plan.
135** PlayedForDrama in the film, when Buttercup finally has enough of "The Dread Pirate Roberts" heckling her about her ArrangedMarriage to Prince Humperdinck.
136--->'''Dread Pirate Roberts:''' Now tell me truly: when you found out [your love] was dead, did you get engaged to your prince in the same hour, or did you wait a whole week out of respect for the dead?\
137'''Buttercup:''' You mocked me once, never do it again! ''I DIED THAT DAY!'' You can die too for all I care.
138* SoBeautifulItsACurse:
139** Humperdinck takes interest in her only because she's beautiful and invokes royal privilege to compel her to marry him. And he's only doing that to have as an excuse to go to war with a neighboring country. If she were slightly less beautiful, she would have been much happier.
140** Played with in the book, where he originally had every intention of going through with the marriage, until he came up with [[FalseFlagOperation the plot to frame Guilder]]. He specifically says to Count Rugen that he wants a wife who is so insanely beautiful that the whole world will be jealous, which is why Rugen shows him Buttercup in the first place.
141* ThreateningShark: In the book, Buttercup tries to swim away from Vizzini, so he excites the sharks. In the movie, it was changed to the shrieking eels.
142* UglyGuysHotDaughter: Both of Buttercup's parents (who are not in the movie) are hilariously ugly. Lampshaded when it's said they don't know ''how'' they managed to produce such a beautiful child.
143* UnkemptBeauty: Hinted at in the film's opening. In the book it's much more explicit, as before Westley left, she had not yet gotten into the habit of things like bathing or combing her hair, so her beauty shined through despite (and later because of) her tangled hair and messy appearance.
144* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: The book even explains ''how'' she became the world's most beautiful woman, as well as what happened to the previous titleholders.
145[[/folder]]
146
147[[folder:Inigo]]
148!!Inigo Montoya
149[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbrideinigo.jpg]]
150[[caption-width-right:300:''"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you."'']]
151->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MandyPatinkin
152-->''"Without a word, the six-fingered man slashed him through the heart. I loved my father. So naturally, I challenged his murderer to a duel. I failed. The six-fingered man leave me alive... but he gave me these."'' [points to scars on cheeks] ''"I was 11 years old. When I was strong enough, I dedicated my life to the study of fencing. So, the next time we meet, I will not fail. I will go up to the six-fingered man and say, 'Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.'"''
153
154A master swordsman working as a mercenary while searching for the six-fingered man who killed his father.
155
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157* TheAlcoholic: After being bested by Westley, but he gets better. He was also one before Vizzini found him, having gotten depressed due to lack of {{worthy opponent}}s and his inability to find Count Rugen.
158* AndThenWhat: After killing Count Rugen at the end of the film, he remarks that, having been in pursuit of revenge for so long, he doesn't know what to do with his life now. Westley proposes that he take up piracy.
159* AntiVillain: Of the PunchClockVillain variety. Inigo is an honorable man, who throws the Man in Black a rope to help him up a cliff despite the two being ostensible enemies. Inigo even waits until the Man in Black has got his breath back before starting their fight. When Inigo pulls a HeelFaceTurn, it's hardly a shock; the man didn't have all that far to turn.
160* ArchEnemy: Count Rugen, the six-fingered man and sadistic torturer who killed his father.
161* BadassSpaniard: One of the most ''famous'' examples and badass in every way. He's a master swordsman, an honorable fighter, and has studied the sword for twenty years. Even the Dread Pirate Roberts acknowledges how good Inigo is in their fight.
162* BadLiar: Parodied and subverted at Miracle Max's, where he tries (badly) to convince Max to work a miracle for cheap with a noble lie, [[CassandraTruth only for Max not to believe him when he tells the truth]].
163-->'''Inigo:''' (''Unable to keep a straight face'') Oh, this is noble, sir. His wife is... crippled. And his children are on the brink of starvation.\
164'''Max:''' Boy, are ''you'' a rotten liar!\
165'''Inigo:''' (''Emphatically'') I need him to avenge my father, murdered these past twenty years!\
166'''Max:''' Your first story was better.
167* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The beauty to Vizzini's brains and Fezzik's brawn, being a dashing Spaniard who is well-versed in the art of fencing.
168* BestServedCold: His revenge against the six-fingered Count Rugen for [[YouKilledMyFather killing his father]].
169* BreakoutCharacter: Generally regarded as the most memorable character in the film. His CatchPhrase alone became a multi TropeNamer (see below).
170* CatchPhrase: "[[JustForFun/{{Hello}} Hello]]. MyNameIsInigoMontoya. YouKilledMyFather. PrepareToDie." He in fact named two of those, and was the TropeCodifier for the last one.
171* CharacterDevelopment: InUniverse, Morgenstern gave Inigo a romantic BackStory in ''Buttercup's Baby''. Goldman approved because in ''The Princess Bride'' he felt Inigo was a one note YouKilledMyFather Revenge Machine.
172* CoolSword: A rapier. It was made for Count Rugen.
173* CripplingOverspecialization[=/=]SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: A lot of life skills like simple arithmetic are lost on Inigo, causing him to act rather brainless at times. The only things he really knows how to do are swordfight and hunt for revenge. Oh, and drink. Though, to be fair, he's very, ''very'' good at all three (which is not necessarily a good thing, in the latter case).
174* CurbstompBattle: Against anyone who ''isn't'' Westley. Rugen sends four elite swordsmen at him and Inigo kills them with ease. Rugen instantly has no delusions of standing a chance and resorts to fighting dirty...and even then gets demolished by a severely injured Inigo.
175* DashingHispanic: So dashing, he's the trope picture.
176* {{Determinator}}: During the duel with Count Rugen, he's stabbed multiple times, including in his arm muscles. After a HeroicSecondWind, not only does he not slow down, he fights even better than before. In the book, he then collapsed during their escape when the adrenaline wore off.
177* DuelingScar: Inigo Montoya has two scars down his cheeks, which is understandable, given his career as a swordfighter. They are later revealed to be a humiliation inflicted upon him at the age of eleven after the first time he tried to avenge his father's murder by Count Rugen.
178* DumbMuscle: Despite appearances, he might be actually dumber than Fezzik.
179* ExcuseMeComingThrough:
180-->'''Inigo:''' Excuse me… excuse me… Fezzik, please?\
181'''Fezzik:''' EVERYBODY ''MOVE''!\
182'''Crowd:''' ''[clears a path]''\
183'''Inigo:''' Thank you.
184* FaceDeathWithDignity: When Westley defeats him, he initially thinks he is going to be killed and becomes very calm — his only request being a quick death. Luckily for him, Westley is even more good and honorable than he is and rebuffs the very idea of doing so.
185* GenreDeconstruction: Inigo is basically a walking deconstruction to the classic "live for revenge" plot. He discovers that it's not easy to find a man when all you have to go on is "the man with six fingers," and it takes over twenty years to find his mark. In that time, he discovers there's no money in pursuing revenge, so he has to work for Vizzini to pay the bills. Also, since his entire sense of self-worth is in his sword skills but he worries that they won't be enough to defeat "the man with six fingers," he becomes TheAlcoholic to keep his confidence up. Finally, after he manages to kill Rugen he realizes [[AndThenWhat he doesn't know what to do with his life now that it's over]].
186-->'''Westley:''' And you've done nothing but study swordplay?\
187'''Inigo:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Well, pursued more than study lately. You see: I cannot find him. It's been twenty years, and I'm starting to lose confidence. I just work for Vizzini to pay the bills. There's not a lot of money in revenge.
188* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has classic good scars in the parallel slashes Rugen gave him to the face.
189* HeelFaceTurn: Though he was never much of a heel to begin with. He turns from a PunchClockVillain to a full-fledged hero after Vizzini is out of the picture.
190* HeroicSecondWind: He's not going down that easily, Rugen.
191* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Fezzik are more or less inseparable, clearly the best of friends and trusted comrades when times get tough. For example: The relief and immense affection in Inigo's voice when he realizes Fezzik has found him again is '''palpable'''.
192-->"It's you."
193* IAmNotLeftHanded: TropeNamer. He uses his left hand to fight against The Man in Black. Backfires when it turns out the man in black isn't left-handed either.
194* IGaveMyWord: Played straight with Westley on the Cliffs of Insanity. He initially swears that he will get Westley up to the top alive on his honor as a Spaniard. Westley says that's no good, as he's known too many Spaniards. Then he then swears on his father's soul, and Westley believes him. In the book, Westley states he has no idea who Domingo Montoya is, but something in Inigo's tone makes him feel like he's telling the truth.
195-->'''Inigo:''' I could give you my word as a Spaniard.\
196'''Westley:''' No good. I've known too many Spaniards.\
197'''Inigo:''' I swear on the soul of my father, Domingo Montoya, you will reach the top alive.\
198'''Westley:''' Throw me the rope.
199* InconsistentSpelling: "Inigo" is the English variant of the Spanish name "Íñigo," so some fans end up using the latter.
200* ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: He's out to exact revenge on Rugen, the man who killed his father, Domingo.
201* TheLancer: Serves as second-in-command and contrast to Vizzini at first, then to Westley.
202* MasterSwordsman: Only Westley can equal him in swordsmanship. The two even compliment each other's skills when they fight, to the point that Westley spares Inigo because it would be like "smashing a stained-glass window".
203** In the books, Inigo is judged to be the only living person who could take the title of "Wizard," the rank above "Master."
204* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's a PunchClockVillain at worst. When ordered by Vizzini to kill the man in black, Inigo tries to do this by… throwing his opponent a rope to scale the cliff, let him catch his breath, and even have a friendly chat before they fight.
205* MusclesAreMeaningless: Somehow this thin, lithe fencing master is strong enough to push 500+ pounds of Fezzik in a wheelbarrow while carrying Westley on his back.
206* NotWhatISignedOnFor: He was never clued in that the plan involved ''murdering'' Buttercup — he just thought they were abducting her. He expresses misgivings at the idea, and later helps rescue her. In the book, he was on board with killing her from the start, but still had misgivings.
207* OneManArmy: Humperdinck's four elite guards didn't have a chance the second he appeared.
208* ParentalAbandonment: His father, Domingo Montoya, was a skilled swordmaker. One day, Count Rugen comes to their nice, [[{{Arcadia}} Arcadian]] village demanding a sword for a six-fingered man, offering to pay handsomely for it. Domingo accepts and for a year is either exceedingly happy or horribly depressed over his progress on the sword. When it is finally complete, Rugen comes to claim it, but attempting to pay only a fraction of the previously promised price. Domingo refuses to sell his finest work, crafted over the period of an entire year, for such a large discount, and Rugen kills him for his defiance.
209* PayEvilUntoEvil: He ends up killing Rugen, who is TheDragon to Humperdinck and the man responsible for Domingo's death.
210* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Inigo Montoya has a scar on each cheek given to him by the man who killed his father which serves to strengthen his drive for revenge.
211* PrecisionFStrike: More of a B-strike, but he delivers one combined with a PreMortemOneLiner when he [[spoiler:kills Rugen]].
212-->'''Inigo:''' Offer me money.\
213'''Count Rugen:''' Yes!\
214'''Inigo:''' Power, too, promise me that.\
215'''Count Rugen:''' All that I have and more. ''Please...''\
216'''Inigo:''' Offer me everything I ask for.\
217'''Count Rugen:''' Anything you want...\
218'''Inigo:''' I want my father back, you son of a bitch!
219* PunchClockVillain: He says it in the film — "I just work for Vizzini to pay the bills. Not a lot of money in revenge."
220* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He's out for Rugen's blood thanks to the latter killing Domingo years before.
221* RoyalRapier: While Inigo himself is not of high blood, his weapon of choice is an ornate, bejeweled rapier that was originally made for a count.
222* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He's really quite an honorable man, though as he puts it, "there's not a lot of money in revenge."
223* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: Briefly at the end, he reflects that with Rugen dead, his revenge has been fulfilled and he doesn't really have anything to do with his life now. Westley suggests taking up piracy.
224-->'''Inigo:''' You know… it's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.\
225'''Westley:''' Have you ever considered piracy? [[PassingtheTorch You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.]]
226* TheSlowWalk: During his final match with Rugen. Justified as he is seriously injured at the time.
227* SparedByTheAdaptation. InUniverse, when Goldman read Morgenstern's notes on ''Buttercup's Baby'', the real Inigo Montoya had been killed by Count Rugen. Morgenstern made the decision to spare Inigo's life because he liked him too much to off him in the story.
228* {{Spexico}}: His movie incarnation seems to be going for this.
229* SurvivalMantra: With a knife in his stomach and his guts spilling out, Inigo recites the speech he has been practicing for his sworn enemy for decades, and regains the strength to fight back.
230* TrainingFromHell: The book goes into more detail about how he trained under every fencing master he could find. Inigo's training was entirely self-motivated, as he devoted ''literally'' every waking hour to improving his fencing skills. It paid off; his only friend, a master sword-maker like his father, judged that while Inigo could not have beaten the world's last Wizard (the highest rank in fencing), neither could the Wizard have beaten Inigo.
231* TranquilFury: He alternates between tranquil fury and [[LargeHam loud aggression]] during his fight against Rugen, culminating in a chillingly deadpan delivery of his PreMortemOneLiner.
232-->'''Inigo:''' I want my father back, you son of a bitch.
233* {{Troperiffic}}: In a movie responsible for creating several tropes, Inigo holds the distinction of being the TropeNamer for ''five''.
234* VillainousBreakdown: A minor example — during his duel with Westley, after they both stop holding back, Inigo noticeably starts losing control of the duel. The more Westley outperforms him, the less reserved and more desperate Inigo becomes, until he's frantically slashing inanely in a mad bid to hit him. On the other hand, [[FaceDeathWithDignity he calms down immediately]] [[spoiler: once Westley disarms him.]]
235* WallSlump: During his final match with Rugen, after he's repeatedly injured. This just adds to his badass credentials when he repeatedly parries Rugen's sword in this position, preventing Rugen from finishing him off.
236* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Mandy Patinkin is the only actor in the film to attempt to match their character's accent to their origin. His ''gloriously'' bad and [[LargeHam over-the-top]] Spanish accent becomes a major part of the film's charm.
237* WorfHadTheFlu: As a fencing wizard, he should have mopped the floor with Westley. But Westley is canny enough to move the fight to cramped ground where he has the advantage (having learned fencing on a ship).
238* WorthyOpponent: Westley. The feeling ends up mutual, and the two are incredibly amicable with one another once Westley reaches the top of the cliff. They become allies almost instantly once Vizzini is dead.
239* YouFightLikeACow: The famous Inigo/Westley duel, but with compliments and discussion of swordfighting tactics instead of insults. (In most DVD editions, that chapter is titled "The Chatty Duelists.")
240* YouKeepUsingThatWord: TropeNamer when Vizzini says "Inconceivable!" when Westley evades Vizzini's attempt to make him fall from the Cliffs of Insanity.
241-->'''Vizzini:''' He didn't fall?! Inconceivable!\
242'''Inigo:''' You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
243[[/folder]]
244
245[[folder:Fezzik]]
246!!Fezzik
247[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridefezzik.jpg]]
248[[caption-width-right:350:''"It's not my fault being the [[TheBigGuy biggest and the strongest]]. I don't even exercise."'']]
249->'''Portrayed by:''' Wrestling/AndreTheGiant
250-->'''Inigo:''' That Vizzini, he can fuss.\
251'''Fezzik:''' Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at [[RhymesOnADime us]].\
252'''Inigo:''' Probably, he means no harm.\
253'''Fezzik:''' He's really very short on [[RhymesOnADime charm]].\
254'''Inigo:''' You have a great gift for rhyme.\
255'''Fezzik:''' Yes, yes, some of the [[RhymesOnADime time]].
256
257A friendly giant mercenary who has worked with Inigo in the past.
258
259----
260* AdaptationalNationality: He's Turkish in the book. In the film, his nationality is never mentioned but he's played by Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, who has a thick French accent.
261* BadassAdorable: Yes, the 7-foot tall giant who is twice as big as most men and can singlehandedly beat up crowds of fighters is the kindest and gentlest character in the film.
262* BaritoneOfStrength: Wrestling/AndreTheGiant plays him with a deep, booming voice, which he uses to great effect to imtimidate the soldiers in front of the castle.
263* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The brawn to Inigo's beauty and Vizzini's brains, being the muscle of the Sicilian Crowd.
264* TheBigGuy: He is a large man who uses his strength to kick ass when he needs to.
265-->'''Fezzik:''' It's not my fault I'm the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise.
266* BlackCloak: Wears one as part of his "Dread Pirate Roberts" disguise.
267* CripplingOverspecialization: He's used to fighting multiple people at once, so he loses fast to a single, skilled fighter. He himself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] it during the fight with the Man in Black, noting that fighting a single opponent is not only rare for him, but puts him at a distinct disadvantage.
268* DumbMuscle: Subverted. While not intelligent enough to be a GeniusBruiser, Fezzik is pretty witty and resourceful when the situation calls for it.
269* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: He has a tendency to replace his r's with w's.
270** Andre's English was never very strong, and his thick French accent makes it very hard to understand him. The fact that he has an extremely deep voice only adds to it.
271* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: He deliberately throws his first rock ahead of Westley (with enough force to shatter it) for two reasons: 1) to reveal himself and offer the option to LetsFightLikeGentlemen and 2) to show Westley that he's fast and strong enough with a rock that if he really wanted to kill him, [[IfIWantedYouDead he could easily end the fight in an instant]].
272* ForceAndFinesse: He's the Force to Inigo's Finesse. While Inigo is a MasterSwordsman, Fezzik relies on his overwhelming strength and size to win.
273* GentleGiant: To his friends, anyway. As strong as he is, he'd prefer not to fight at all.
274* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: While intimidating the soldiers.
275-->'''Fezzik:''' My men are here, I am here, but you ''[points]'' will not be here.
276* HatesBeingAlone: In the book, Fezzik's greatest fear is being left alone. It's how Vizzini bullies him, threatening to leave him alone and back to being hated by everyone.
277* HeelFaceTurn: Fezzik was never much of a heel, but after Westley spares him, Fezzik goes the extra mile to help Westley.
278* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and Inigo are more or less inseparable, clearly the best of friends and trusted comrades when times get tough.
279* HidingTheHandicap: Behind the scenes, André’s gigantism was already causing him major health issues, one of which was crippling back pain if any weight was put on it. As it was impossible to find a stunt double due to his size, the production team had to get creative in certain scenes to work around this. During his fight with Wesley, in the scenes where Wesley hangs onto his back, Cary Elwes was actually standing on a wooden platform out of shot and just draping his arms around André’s neck. Robin Wright recalls in interviews about the film that in shots where he’s carrying her or had to catch her in his arms she had to be on wires as even though she was only 100 pounds as him trying to actually carry her - "it killed him".
280* IfIWantedYouDead: Tells Westley he "didn't have to miss" his sneak attack if he really wanted him dead, and Westley believes him after seeing how that sizeable rock ''shattered to pieces'' on impact.
281* JustHitHim: A justified example. He himself points out that he wants to fight Westley in a sportsman-like fashion by wrestling him, rather than simply striking him with a rock or a body-blow and killing him. By the time he actually ''is'' trying to seriously hurt Westley, he's already exhausted and in a chokehold.
282* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Forgoes Vizzini's [[CombatPragmatist underhanded ambush tactics]] for a straight-up wrestling match with Westley. Westley's still grossly outmatched (presumably only winning because Fezzik ''also'' didn't bother going for an immediate bear hug to counter his), but it's the thought that counts.
283* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Like Inigo, he's only really working for Vizzini for money. He even decides to not go for the easy kill on Westley, since it's "not very sportsmanlike."
284* NiceGuy: Fezzik is a total sweetheart who doesn't want to hurt anyone and is even polite to [[{{Jerkass}} Vizzini]].
285* NoSenseOfDirection: While he's more intelligent than he seems in multiple ways, he's still not very good at finding his way without help, and has a bad habit of making wrong turns.
286* NotWhatISignedOnFor: He agreed to help abduct Buttercup, but he wasn't told Vizzini was going to ''kill'' her. He's openly dismayed at the idea, and later does a HeelFaceTurn. This only comes up in the film. In the book, he knew what Vizzini's plans for Buttercup were from the start, though he doesn't seem to like it that much.
287* OneManArmy: Due to his immense size and strength, Fezzik is actually more adept at fighting multiple foes instead of one. It leads to his downfall when going up against Wesley and only Wesley.
288-->'''Max:''' Go away! I'll call the brute squad!\
289'''Fezzik:''' I'm ''on'' the brute squad...\
290'''Max:''' ''(sizing him up)'' You ''are'' the brute squad.
291* ParentalAbandonment: His backstory is never explained in the movie, but his parents died of a desert plague while they were in Mongolia.
292* PlotPoweredStamina: His arms ''never'' get tired.
293* PunchClockVillain: Like Inigo, he works for Vizzini and that's the only reason he's a bad guy. The book explains that he takes the job because it means he won't be alone anymore.
294* RaceLift: In the book, Fezzik is a stereotypical Turk, complete with fez and moustache. In the film, he's played by Frenchman Andre the Giant.
295* RhymesOnADime: Fezzik is ''very'' fond of doing this. According to the book, it's how Fezzik deals with being scared and nervous.
296-->'''Vizzini:''' No more rhymes, now, I mean it!\
297'''Fezzik:''' Does anybody want a peanut?
298* ScarecrowSolution: "The Dread Pirate Roberts" rig that Fezzik wears. The Dread Pirate Roberts is a legendary figure who has been passed from person to person through the years. At the end, Fezzik dresses up and claims to be the "Dwead Piwate Woberts" to scare the castle guards.
299* SmarterThanYouLook: Fezzik doesn't show it much, but he is able to annoy Vizzini with expert wordplay in his rhymes and is very resourceful. He provides the cloak needed to disguise himself as the Dread Pirate Roberts. Plus he explains ConservationOfNinjutsu to the Man in Black during their fight. He seems to be actually smarter than Inigo, whose obsession with revenge (and alcoholism) often causes him to make dumb decisions (Inigo can barely do basic math).
300* UnskilledButStrong: When it comes to single combat, while he has the size and strength of someone portrayed by Andre The Giant, he's all thumbs against someone skilled in battle. Not so much in the book, where he was a skilled fighter in single combat, but had been so used to fighting against groups that he struggled against Westley.
301[[/folder]]
302
303[[folder:Vizzini]]
304!!Vizzini
305[[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridevizzini.jpg]]
306[[caption-width-right:325:''"Inconceivable!"''[[note]]He keeps using that word. We do not think it means what he thinks it means.[[/note]]]]
307->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/WallaceShawn
308-->''"You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders — the most famous of which is never get involved in a land war in Asia — but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go against a Sicilian when '''death''' is on the line!"''
309--->--'''Vizzini'''
310
311The diabolical mastermind behind the kidnapping of Princess Buttercup. Still a mercenary, however.
312
313----
314* AbledInTheAdaptation: He's not a hunchback in the film.
315* AdaptationalDumbass: In the novel he is quite cunning, being able to tell what Buttercup was thinking just based on her facial expressions. In the film however, he does little more than boast about how smart he is, so it doesn't show.
316* BadassBoast: He's given a rather impressive one in the book in lieu of the PlatoIsAMoron example in the movie.
317-->'''Man in Black:''' You are that smart?\
318'''Vizzini:''' There are no words to contain all my wisdom. I am so cunning, crafty and clever, so filled with deceit, guile and chicanery, such a knave, so shrewd, cagey as well as calculating, as diabolical as I am vulpine, as tricky as I am untrustworthy… well, I told you there were not words invented yet to explain how great my brain is, but let me put it this way: the world is several million years old and several billion people have at one time or another trod upon it, but I, Vizzini the Sicilian, am, speaking with pure candor and modesty, the slickest, sleekest, sliest and wiliest fellow who has yet come down the pike.
319** PlatoIsAMoron:
320--->'''Vizzini:''' Let me put it this way -- have you ever heard of Creator/{{Plato}}? Creator/{{Aristotle}}? Creator/{{Socrates}}?\
321'''Man in Black:''' Yes?\
322'''Vizzini:''' [[TropeNamer Morons.]]
323* BaldOfEvil: He has the least hair among him, Inigo, and Fezzik and is the most evil of all three.
324* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The brains to Inigo's beauty and Fezzik's brawn, being the self-proclaimed schemer of the Sicilian Crowd and its chief ([[IDontPayYouToThink and sole, per his own insistence]]) strategist.
325* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' question his intelligence.
326* BigBadWannabe: He's set up as a decoy BigBad after he kidnaps Buttercup, but the Man in Black kills him by tricking him into drinking poison about a minute after meeting him to make way for the true Big Bad and [[TheManBehindTheMan the man behind him]], Prince Humperdinck.
327* BookDumb: In the book, he states that he has not had the schooling of some, though he is very clever and dangerous.
328* CatchPhrase: Inconceivable!
329* CharacterExaggeration: In the book, he's an InsufferableGenius. The film, however, just makes him insufferable [[KnowNothingKnowItAll without really touching on the whole "genius" part.]]
330* DieLaughing: After being tricked into drinking the poison, Vizzini does manage to get a good laugh before he dies (though, to be honest, he didn't even realize that he'd been OutGambitted until he keeled over).
331* DiscOneFinalBoss: His plot to abduct and murder Buttercup makes him the BigBad (or at least TheHeavy) of the earlier stages of the story. Once he's defeated, his employer and the true BigBad, Prince Humperdinck, assumes the mantle proper.
332* EvilCripple: In the books, where he has a hunchback and a lame leg.
333* EvilGenius: So he keeps claiming, though his plans are never very complicated, and they all go wrong.
334* GaveUpTooSoon: While trying to distract the Man in Black with InsaneTrollLogic during their battle of wits, he inadvertently talks himself into realizing that the Man in Black might be counting on his exceptional strength to save him in the event he drinks the poison. However, before he can continue that line of thought to its logical conclusion, he gives up and decides to switch to a totally different strategy.
335* GreenAndMean: He wears all green and is the main villain for the first half of the film.
336* IDontPayYouToThink: Vizzini hired Fezzik for his strength, not his intelligence.
337-->'''Vizzini:''' Am I going mad, or did the word "''think''" escape your lips? You were not hired for your ''brains'', you ''hippopotamic land mass''!
338* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: While trying to figure out [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo which goblet contains the poison]]. Also, the alternative name for this trope is "Wine in Front of Me", named after this scene.
339-->'''Vizzini:''' ...So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me! But you would have counted on my thinking that, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you!
340* InformedAttribute: Despite his constant boasting about his intelligence, he does little to show for it. [[spoiler:He's easily outwitted by Westly, which costs him his life.]] This is averted in the novel, where Vizzini is as cunning as he claims to be.
341* InsaneTrollLogic: Uses this in an attempt to distract the Man In Black during their battle of wits. It probably would have worked, too, if the Man In Black hadn't poisoned both glasses.
342* {{Jerkass}}: He doesn't think much of Inigo or Fezzik.
343* KnowNothingKnowItAll: He claims he's smarter than great philosophers like Plato and Socrates. There is no evidence of this besides him running his mouth. Lampshaded by Inigo.
344-->'''Vizzini:''' [[ThisCannotBe HE DIDN'T FALL?]] [[CatchPhrase INCONCEIVABLE!]]\
345'''Inigo:''' {{You keep using that word}}. I do not think it means what you think it means.
346* LargeHam: He goes off the deep end when his plans to kill the Man in Black fail.
347* LookBehindYou: Pulls this on the Man in Black in order to switch the goblets.
348* TheNapoleon: He's noticeably shorter than both of his hired hitmen.
349* NoIndoorVoice: Just about every line out of his mouth is shouting as loudly as possible. Considering he's trying to be stealthy and sneak away with a kidnapped maiden, [[WithCatlikeTread it's clear]] [[DidntThinkThisThrough how much thought he's put into this]].
350* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Is mentioned to be Sicilian in the film, but Wallace Shawn uses his natural New York accent.
351* OhCrap: He has a moment of shock when he sees the Man in Black pursuing them and when his plans to kill him don't work out well.
352* OutGambitted: Former TropeNamer. He thinks switching glasses when the Man in Black's back is turned and then waiting until the Man in Black drinks first (thus seemingly confirming the poison was in his own glass the whole time) will net him his victory. Not only does this end up killing him anyways, he never had a chance, since both glasses were poisoned.
353-->'''Man In Black:''' You guessed wrong.\
354'''Vizzini:''' You only ''think'' I guessed wrong. That's what's so funny! I [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo switched glasses when your back was turned]]! Haha, YouFool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE! [[LaughingMad AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-]] [[spoiler:([[DieLaughing falls over and dies]])]].
355* PetTheDog: A very minor one but it's there. When Westley challenges him to a battle of wits and he accepts, he immediately stops holding his dagger to Buttercup's throat and sheathes it to "fight" fair and square, even if it's because he's smugly arrogant about his intellectual superiority.
356* PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo: [[spoiler:Not that it does him any good.]]
357* SmallNameBigEgo: Let's face it, he's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. He's given a bit more respect in the book, though, as Westley fully acknowledges how dangerous he is. Even in the book, however, Buttercup points out his plan with her and the sharks was boneheaded; his only response is a pouty, angry "It worked, didn't it?"
358* SmugSnake: All he has is his brain and his loud mouth. He at least puts the latter to good use.
359* {{Telepathy}}: In the book, Buttercup thinks he has this ability after he finishes her thoughts before she does. However, he admits this isn't true. He merely predicts the truth using logic and wisdom.
360* ThisCannotBe: He is fond of the word "inconceivable" to explain things that should not go wrong but inevitably do.
361* TooCleverByHalf: Ultimately his FatalFlaw. He's a clever mastermind, but his arrogance sometimes drives him to act like he’s more clever than he actually is.
362* VillainousBreakdown: The Man In Black's pursuit sends him right off his rocker, especially in the book, albeit not so very long after the reader ''meets'' him in the first place. (That said, he claims that it's been ''years'' since someone challenged his mind, and there's a general indication that Vizzini is legitimately used to his plans going off without a hitch). In the film, though he spends much of their encounter egotistically believing himself to have the upper hand, there is a point during his game of IKnowYouKnowIKnow (otherwise him trying to get a reaction out of his opponent) when the Man in Black accuses him of stalling, and his anger starts to show as he rants slightly about the defeat of his henchmen. However, he drops it quickly once pressed about it - and dies still thinking he's won.
363* WarForFunAndProfit: As he puts it to Fezzik, "I hired you to help me start a war. It's a prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition."
364* YouFool: Yells this to the Man In Black during his EvilGloating when he thinks he's won the game. [[spoiler:There certainly was a fool, but it wasn't the Man in Black.]]
365[[/folder]]
366
367[[folder:Humperdinck]]
368!!Prince Humperdinck
369[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridehumperdinck.jpg]]
370[[caption-width-right:340:''"Please consider me as an alternative to suicide."'']]
371->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChrisSarandon
372-->''"Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder and Guilder to frame for it; I'm swamped."''
373--->--'''Prince Humperdinck'''
374
375The prince of the kingdom of Florin, and Buttercup's husband-to-be.
376----
377* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the book, he's ridiculously muscular, to the point of looking grotesque. Played by the very handsome Creator/ChrisSarandon in the movie, though Westley still calls him ugly, both to his face and to Buttercup.
378* AdaptationalWimp: In the book, he's a hulking bruiser who kills apes with his bare hands. In the film, he's described as an outstanding tracker, but his physical abilities are never mentioned, and he has a normal build.
379* AltarDiplomacy: Attempted in the book -- he is offered the princess of Guilder, but he rejects her when he finds out she has no hair. The insult of being offered a bald princess continues to rankle, and he looks for any pretext to go to war with his neighbor.
380* AmbiguouslyGay: Prince Humperdinck is the only character not swayed by [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Buttercup's beauty]]. [[spoiler:He just views her as a political tool [[PretextForWar to convince his country to go to war]] to avenge her death.]]
381* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: The ScarpiaUltimatum version.
382* ArchEnemy: Is this to Westley, due to forcing his beloved to marry him.
383* AristocratsAreEvil: He's not even trying to hide his schemes from anyone.
384* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: In the novel, he is introduced by beating an orangutan to death. It's stated he does this regularly.
385* BigBad: He's planning on marrying Buttercup so he can murder her and [[PretextForWar go to war]]. He's also behind her kidnapping that lasts a big part of the story.
386* TheChessmaster: What he seems to be going for, but he never quite hacks it. His plan is ingenious enough, but he loses control of it rather quickly.
387* DirtyCoward: He's such a coward that Westley decides that simply letting him live the rest of his life as one is [[CruelMercy a far worse punishment than killing him]].
388* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Bastard he may be, but he seems genuinely close to his stepmother. While he calls her "Evil Stepmother", it's clearly a term of endearment between them.
389* EvilPlan: Prince Humperdinck seeks to marry Princess Buttercup, have her abducted and killed, and use said murder as a PretextForWar.
390* TheEvilPrince: He's a textbook example, straight out of Machiavelli.
391* FatBastard: Only in the novel, though he isn't fat so much as he is stocky. The first we see of him in the book, he's wrestling an orangutan and ''breaking its back''.
392* FauxAffablyEvil: As polite as he is, it just makes him seem like more of a prick.
393* GreatWhiteHunter: More prevalent in the book than the movie, but even in the movie, Buttercup notes that "he can track a falcon on a cloudy day." He also deduces the nature and outcome of the duel between Westley and Inigo by examining their footprints (something which wasn't part of his plan and thus he couldn't have already known).
394* {{Jerkass}}: In the book, he's described that at his best, he's little worse than a man and that at his worst, he's little better than a beast.
395* KarmaHoudini: As the Grandfather points out halfway through the film, Humperdinck lives. [[spoiler:Subverted, as he has to live with the realization that deep down, he is a DirtyCoward and will always be one. To Humperdinck, a man obsessed with hunting and war, this is a FateWorseThanDeath.]]
396* KingpinInHisGym: In the book, we first see him wrestling with an ape.
397* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He hired Vizzini to kidnap and kill Buttercup.]]
398* PragmaticVillainy: In the novel, when Humperdinck and Count Rugen realize Westley and Buttercup have gone down into the Fire Swamp, Humperdinck admits he won't follow them there because, "if they die, I have no wish to join them".
399* PretextForWar: His motivation is to manufacture an excuse to attack and conquer Guilder.
400* PrinceCharmless: He hasn't the slightest bit of tact or subtlety to him, even to the woman he wants.
401* ProperlyParanoid: "I believe everything to be a trap. It's the reason I'm still alive."
402* RomanticFalseLead: Everyone except Count Rugen genuinely believes that he's in love with his bride-to-be.
403* ScarilyCompetentTracker: He is a genuinely talented tracker. When tracking down Buttercup, he is able to deduce ''exactly'' what happened before they got there every step of the way.
404** He manages to deduce some wine had iocaine powder in it, despite it being odorless and tasteless. How he found out is anyone's guess. In the book, it's explained that he deduced as such ''because'' it was odorless and tasteless.
405-->'''Humperdinck:''' I know of nothing else that kills so silently.
406* SuccessionCrisis: In the book, the whole thing gets started when Prince Humperdinck learns that his father is dying and he has to marry to produce an heir. He initially proposes to Buttercup just because she's beautiful, before realizing he can use her as an excuse to go to war.
407* VillainousBreakdown: When Buttercup gives him a KirkSummation, he locks her up and then [[spoiler:immediately goes and (mostly) kills Westley]].
408* VillainousCrush: Subverted. While he does acknowledge and is impressed by Buttercup's great beauty, he only plans to marry her so that he can fulfill his dynastic obligations and get an ego boost from having snagged an ''extremely'' attractive woman. She never becomes anything other than an object to him that he can use for his own purposes.
409* VillainousFriendship: Type I with Count Rugen. Jerks though they might be, they're pretty genuinely friendly, being (possible) family and all.
410* VillainousValor: Subverted. In the book, he has an obsessive need to be a great warrior, but he quickly chickens out of a fight with Westley.
411* WickedStepmother: Subverted. His stepmother is actually quite nice, it's just that [[GenreSavvy he grew up reading fairytales with wicked stepmothers]] and as such refers to her as "Evil Stepmother" ("E.S." for short), [[InsultOfEndearment a term of endearment between them]].
412[[/folder]]
413
414[[folder:Rugen]]
415!!Count Tyrone Rugen
416[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbriderugen.jpg]]
417[[caption-width-right:350:''"You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance - it's going to get you into trouble someday.''"]]
418->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/ChristopherGuest
419A six-fingered man who is both Humperdinck's most valuable ally and closest friend.
420----
421* AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed, but in the book he's genuinely attempting to bribe Inigo to spare him, and earnestly terrified to the point that he dies of fright before Inigo can properly finish him. The film version of Rugen, meanwhile, is just playing along to get Inigo to drop his guard for a last-ditch attack, which Inigo is more than ready to counter by running him through.
422* AndShowItToYou: At the end of their duel in the book, Inigo starts cutting out his heart alive. Downplayed as terror and blood loss kill him before Inigo can finish.
423* ArchEnemy: Inigo's life has been spent looking for him to exact revenge for killing Inigo's father.
424* AristocratsAreEvil: He's an aristocrat and a bad guy.
425* BeardOfEvil: In contrast to the clean-shaven Humperdinck, he has a chin strap and a mustache.
426* BerserkButton: In the movie, it seems that mentioning his extra finger is a touchy subject, considering that he hits Westley over the head when he mentions it.
427* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Subverted. He doesn't recognize Inigo at first, but soon puts it together that he's the same Spanish kid he once "taught a lesson to". Implicitly, Rugen remembers because it's not his habit to spare the lives of those who cross him.
428* CharacterDeath: He gets stabbed to death by Inigo towards the end of the story.
429* CombatPragmatist: He starts to assume a dueling pose when Inigo confronts him — then he runs away and ambushes him with a knife-throw once Inigo finds him. (It doesn't do him any good, in the end.)
430* CreepyMonotone: His default way of speaking. Except in his duel with Inigo, especially once he starts losing.
431* DeadpanSnarker: Towards the completely oblivious Humperdinck.
432* DiesWideOpen: After finally being stabbed to death by Inigo, Rugen's eyes remain open as he collapses.
433* DirtyCoward: When Inigo finally confronts him, he at first raises his sword to fight... then turns and runs away. When Inigo catches up, he ambushes him with a throwing knife. This is more justified in the book; the four swordsmen Inigo cut through in seconds are explained to all be master swordsmen in their own right (while in the movie, they seem to just be mooks), so he knows a fair fight would effectively be suicide.
434* DisproportionateRetribution: He kills Inigo Montoya's father when he refuses to sell him the sword he commissioned him because he was only going to pay him 1/10th of the price he promised to originally pay.
435* TheDragon: He serves as this to Humperdinck.
436* EvenEvilHasStandards: He is a sadist that actually likes to document the reactions his victims have when they are being tortured by The Machine ([[ForScience this is for posterity]]), but he was horrified when Humperdinck turned The Machine up to 50 (when even [[{{Sadist}} Rugen]] said he would turn it to 5 ''at max'') when it was Westley's turn. This is then played with in that he quickly calms down and seems to serenely analyze Westley's reaction, though it's noticeably implied that he thought the 50 setting was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that he never wanted inflicted on anyone again.
437* EvilIsPetty: Murdered Domingo because he didn't want to pay the full price for the sword.
438* FauxAffablyEvil: His politeness is to mask his evil and vicious personality.
439* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has evil scars. Inigo eventually repays him for the good scars, too.
440* {{Irony}}: He ends up scarring Inigo after he kills Domingo. At the end of the film, Inigo repays the favor to Rugen.
441* KnightOfCerebus: In an otherwise lighthearted film, Rugen is played dangerously straight. Very little of his behavior is played for laughs and he's responsible for the scarier moments of Wesley's imprisonment.
442* MadScientist: He has a torture device set up, purely "for science."
443* NeverSayThatAgain: To Inigo after the latter repeats his [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya Catc]][[YouKilledMyFather h Phr]][[PrepareToDie ase]] one too many times.
444* NotSoStoic:
445** The first time he raises his voice is when Humperdinck slams the torture suction device to its highest setting.
446-->'''Rugen:''' NOT TO FIFTY!!
447** A non-verbal one when Westley points out his six-fingered hand. His genial demeanor disappears and his smile turns into a scowl as he draws his sword to knock Westley out with the hilt.
448* OhCrap: Goes from being smug and in control to scared to death when Inigo effortlessly kills four elite swordsmen without even trying. When Inigo goes into his HeroicSecondWind, Rugen gets progressively bigger ones as Inigo begins to overwhelm him.
449* PsychoForHire: Works part-time as Humperdinck's TortureTechnician, a job he takes to with a level of satisfaction that can only be called psychotic.
450* RedRightHand: He has six fingers on one of his hands. Explored when he first commissions Inigo's father, Domingo Montoya, who is quickly fascinated by all the implications of a six-fingered swordsman and what he'd require in his sword.
451* RoboticTortureDevice: The inventor of The Machine, which he claims can suck years of your life away. To this end, he callously uses Westley as a guinea pig.
452* TheSociopath: He has zero empathy for anyone, and expresses nothing but detached, professional interest while torturing people.
453* SoftSpokenSadist: His manner vaguely resembles Hannibal Lecter: he's very polite and never raises his voice, but he's a dangerously insane man who tortures people as a hobby.
454* TortureTechnician: He's something of a self-taught expert on the subject, inventing several torture devices and even writing a book on the subject.
455* VillainousBreakdown: As Inigo refuses to die, and slowly gains the upper hand on Rugen in their duel, Rugen first becomes shaken, then demands that Inigo "Stop saying that!"
456%%* VillainousFriendship: Type I with Prince Humperdinck.
457* VillainsWantMercy: When Inigo gets him at his mercy, he demands Rugen promise him increasing large requests in exchange for his life, all of which Rugen instantly agrees. Inigo then asks him to bring his father back while killing him.
458* WouldHurtAChild: Cut Inigo’s face several times when they met when Inigo was a boy and Rugen killed his father, Domingo. He did leave Inigo alive, however.
459[[/folder]]
460
461[[folder:Max & Valerie]]
462!!Miracle Max and his wife Valerie
463[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridemax&valerie.jpg]]
464[[caption-width-right:350:''"Have fun storming the castle!"'']]
465->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillyCrystal & Creator/CarolKane
466-->''"Sonny, true love is the greatest thing, in the world — except for a nice MLT, mutton, lettuce and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe--they're so perky, I love that."''
467--->--'''Miracle Max'''
468
469The Miracle Man who works as a healer, and his wife who makes him actually work.
470----
471* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Valerie starts out ragging on Max about being a failure in the miracle department, but as soon as he agrees to take the job, she gives a little cheer.
472* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: '''M'''iracle '''M'''ax, or '''M'''ax the '''M'''iracle '''M'''an.
473* AlchemyIsMagic: It's never outright called "alchemy", but he does practice some sort of strange medieval chemistry that works a lot like magic. He's even called a magician.
474* AmbiguouslyJewish: Described by Billy Crystal (Max) as a pair of "Jewish trolls". {{Lampshaded|Trope}} in the novel.
475-->''And so here the point is, if Max and Valerie sound Jewish, why shouldn't they? You think a guy named [[DirectLineToTheAuthor Simon Morgenstern]] was Irish Catholic? Funny thing — [[WriteWhoYouKnow Morgenstern's folks were named Max and Valerie and his father was a doctor]].''
476* BerserkButton: Mentioning Prince Humperdinck's name will drive Max up the wall. Not that his wife cares. Also inverted to convince him to help:
477-->'''Max:''' Wait, wait -- I make him better, Humperdinck suffers?\
478'''Inigo:''' Humiliations '''galore.'''\
479'''Max:''' ''[[{{Revenge}} That]]'' is a noble cause! Gimme the sixty-five, I'm on the job!
480%%* CoolOldGuy: Max.
481%%* CoolOldLady: Valerie.
482* HappilyMarried: Not so obvious in the movie, but the book implies as much -- for example, explaining that when Max calls Valerie "witch" it's in fact an InsultOfEndearment and part of their whole act.
483-->'''Valerie:''' I'm not a witch! I'm your wife!
484* HenpeckedHusband: Max.
485-->'''Valerie:''' LIAR! LIAR! LIIAAAAR![[note]]Get back, ''witch!''[[/note]]
486* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Only hinted at in the film, in the book Max waxes poetic internally about how fleeting fame and power is, and how shot his confidence is since Humperdinck fired him. In both cases, revenge on Humperdinck is what motivates Max to help Inigo.
487* LargeHam: Both of them chew on the scenery. Valerie announces her status with her [[IncomingHam first line.]]
488-->'''Valerie:''' LIAR! LIAR! LIIAAAAR!
489* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Well... they ''are'' an old married couple but even still, all their dialog to each other is in this vein.
490* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Max is ''called'' a magician, but his only "miracle" (creating the pill that restores Westly's strength) could easily be explained as medicine, albeit at a very advanced level.
491* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Max calling Inigo a "spic" marks him as this in the book.
492* SmallRoleBigImpact: They're only in one short scene before the climax, but their help is integral in reviving Westley and ensuring Humperdinck's plan fails.
493[[/folder]]
494
495[[folder:The Albino]]
496!!The Albino
497[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridealbino.jpg]]
498[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Pit of Despair! Don't even think...''clears throat''...don't even think about trying to escape."'']]
499->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MelSmith
500Rugen's assistant.
501----
502* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Albinos don't have brown eyes.
503* ConcussionsGetYouHigh: A TapOnTheHead from Fezzik causes him to flash a goofy smile just before keeling over.
504* EvenEvilHasStandards: When The Machine is turned up to 50, his normally calm expression becomes one of horror.
505* EvilSoundsRaspy: Parodied. He says his first line with an extreme rasp… then he clears his throat and speaks with a clear voice and a slight cockney accent for the rest of the film.
506* TheIgor: Deformity, creepy but not totally evil, assistant to a mad scientist, check-check-check.
507* PunchClockVillain: He seems to enjoy (or at least accept) his job in the film a little more, though. In the book he's very timid and feels deeply sorry for Westley, offering to [[MercyKill poison him to put him out of his misery]].
508* TheStoic: He barely says anything in the book at first, responding to most of Westley's questions with a shrug.
509* UltimateJobSecurity: When he offers poison to Westley to spare him from the pain of the machine in the book, he points out that only he is capable of tending to the animals in the Zoo of Death, and that no harm would come to him for his transgression.
510* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's not seen after Fezzik knocks him out. Though we do later hear that that Inigo and Fezzik dumped his wheelbarrow over the top of him after that happened.
511[[/folder]]
512
513[[folder:Clergyman]]
514!!The Impressive Clergyman
515[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbrideclergyman.jpg]]
516[[caption-width-right:250:''"Have you the [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome wing]]?"'']]
517->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PeterCook
518-->''"Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togevvah too-day. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, dat dweam wifin a dweam…"''
519--->--'''The Impressive Clergyman'''
520
521The priest who performs the marriage ceremony between Buttercup and Humperdinck.
522----
523* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: He replaces his rs with ws, in the form of an ExaggeratedTrope.
524* PunchClockVillain: Brought in to carry out the forcible marriage of Buttercup to Humperdinck. It's not clear how much of this he knows about.
525[[/folder]]
526
527[[folder:Yellin]]
528!!Yellin
529[[quoteright:330:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbrideyellin.jpg]]
530[[caption-width-right:330:]]
531->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MalcolmStorry
532Head of law enforcement in Florin.
533----
534* AllThereInTheManual: The novel explains that he's the albino's cousin.
535* BlatantLies:
536-->'''Westley:''' Give us the gate key.\
537'''Yellin:''' I have no gate key.\
538'''Inigo:''' Fezzik, tear his arms off.\
539'''Yellin:''' Oh, you mean ''this'' gate key? ''[holds up gate key]''
540** The book couples this with an IronicEcho of Inigo's "I swear on the soul of my father":
541--->"I have no key," Yellin replied. "I swear on the grave of my parents; may my mother's soul forever sizzle in torment if I am lying."
542* DirtyCoward: Gives up the keys when Inigo tells Fezzik to tear his arms off.
543** KnowWhenToFoldEm: This was definitely the smartest thing for him to do.
544* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's disturbed, as is everyone else, by the screams from the Machine.
545* LargeAndInCharge: Noticeably taller than most other characters.
546* MookLieutenant: Humperdinck's head of security and doesn't get much more characterization than that.
547* NervesOfSteel: He's the only one who stands his ground when Westley, Inigo and Fezzik arrive (Fezzik disguised as the Dread Pirate Roberts). Subverted when he's actually threatened directly and immediately gives up the keys.
548* NumberTwo: Since Rugan spends most of his time in the pit of despair Yellin is the one organizing the soldiers for Humperdink.
549* PunchClockVillain: He's not evil, despite being technically on Humperdinck's side -- he's just doing his job.
550* PuppetKing: In the book, Humperdinck intends to make him ruler of Guilder after he conquers it, as he can't be in two different places at once, and he knows that Rugen wouldn't take the job, being obsessed as he was with the Machine.
551* ResignationsNotAccepted: In the book, after Humperdinck warns him of a (nonexistent) plot by Guilder to murder Buttercup, he hands in his resignation after failing to find a shred of evidence. Because Humperdinck still needs Yellin (as shown above in the PuppetKing example), he does not accept his resignation and admits the whole thing is just an excuse to conquer Guilder.
552[[/folder]]
553
554
555!Outside The Story
556
557[[folder:Grandson]]
558!!The Grandson
559[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mv5byjc5ztiwnjmtngnkyi00zjewltljzmmtmju0nzhlzte2nta2xkeyxkfqcgdeqxvyotc5mdi5nje_v1_sx1777_cr001777962_al.jpg]]
560->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/FredSavage
561-->''"They're kissing again. Do we have to read the kissing parts?"'''
562--->-- '''The Grandson'''
563
564A young boy who is staying home sick, and is read a story from his grandfather.
565----
566* HesJustHiding: {{Discussed|Trope}} InUniverse.
567-->'''Grandson''': Wait, what did Fezzik mean, "He's dead?" I mean he didn't mean dead. Westley's only faking, right?
568* NoNameGiven: Though if the book's anything to go by, his name is William Goldman, the book's original author.
569* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After his grandfather tells him that Buttercup doesn't get eaten by eels, he vehemently denies he was nervous about it.
570-->'''Grandfather:''' She doesn't get eaten by the eel at this time.\
571'''Grandson:''' What?\
572'''Grandfather:''' The eel doesn't get her. I thought I'd mention that 'cause you looked a bit worried.\
573'''Grandson:''' I wasn't worried. ...maybe I was a little bit ''concerned'', but that's not the same thing.
574[[/folder]]
575
576[[folder:Grandfather]]
577!!The Grandfather
578[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/princessbridegrandson&grandpa.jpg]]
579->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/PeterFalk
580-->''"This is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today I'm gonna read it to you."''
581--->--'''The Grandpa'''
582
583The boy's visiting grandfather, who reads him a story to make him feel better while sick.
584----
585* CoolOldGuy: Good at storytelling, friendly, and played by Columbo.
586* DeadpanSnarker:
587-->'''Grandfather''': Yes, yes, [[GenreSavvy you're very smart]]. Shut up.
588* MeaningfulEcho: He establishes early in the story that "As you wish" means "I love you." At the end of the film guess what he says to his grandson?
589* NoNameGiven: He's only referred to as the Grandfather.
590* TheStoryTeller: He reads the story to his grandson.
591[[/folder]]
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