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[[folder:In General]]
!!In General

* FiveManBand:
** There's the way they appear at first...
*** TheLeader: Quentin, a cop who quickly takes leadership of the group.
*** TheLancer: Worth, a snarky and mysterious guy who seems to know more than he lets on.
*** TheSmartGuy: Leaven, a mathematical genius who can do equations in her head.
*** TheBigGuy: Kazan, a big unintelligible man with severe autism.
*** TheHeart: Holloway, a doctor who while hysterical at times is nonetheless the heart of the group.
** ...and the way they turn out to be later on.
*** TheLeader: Holloway, whose compassion and levelheadedness make her more of an ideal leader of the group and a rival to Quentin, [[spoiler:leading him to kill her.]]
*** TheLancer: Worth is the only one who occupies the same role, though he does eventually start to open up.
*** TheSmartGuy: Kazan, who although dumb at first glance is actually an autistic savant who can calculate equations on his own.
*** TheBigGuy: Quentin, who by this point has grown more unhinged and only able to assert his dominance through physical intimindation.
*** TheHeart: Leaven, TheBabyOfTheBunch and the one the others all race to protect.
* LastNameBasis: We only get to know Worth and Holloway's first names in the movie (Leaven's first name is Joan but we never hear it in the movie itself. Quentin's full name is said by fans to be Quentin McNeil, but this is unconfirmed.).
* ThemeNaming: All the characters' last names are related to prisons (San Quentin, Fort Leavenworth, etc.).
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[[folder:Quentin]]
!!Quentin
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!!!'''Played By:''' Maurice Dean Wint

The leader of the gang. He is a cop and claims that he can read people's minds to tell if they are criminals or not.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[spoiler:He becomes this to Leaven when he goes crazy.]]
* AbusiveDad: [[spoiler:Given his reaction to Holloway's accusation that he may have turned his temper against his wife and children, he might be one]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:From letting Holloway fall to her death, to actively killing Leaven and stabbing Worth, he was the only one who deserved to be in the Cube in the first place and definitely deserved getting [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe crushed between the walls.]]]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:He shows his true colors as the film goes on, killing Holloway, then trying to rape Leaven and finally killing her and Worth and trying to kill Kazan when they find the exit.]]
* BaitTheDog: [[spoiler:Quentin at first appears as a brave and selfless cop who will lead the prisoners out of the Cube. It turns out he's actually a vicious psychopath with homicidal tendencies who cares only for himself.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Becomes this by default when he starts picking off the other characters, since [[GreaterScopeVillain whoever's behind the Cube]] is never seen.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: He is introduced as the benevolent and caring leader of the group. [[spoiler:He isn't.]]
* DiabolusExMachina: [[spoiler:The chances of Quentin being in the room right next to the bridge room where the other characters are is about 20,000 to 1, considering that the rooms move around. Granted, they weren't bothering to be particularly quiet, so if he was relatively near, he could easily locate them - however, he had no way of knowing which rooms were booby-trapped, and was in no condition to avoid the traps if they were.]]
* DirtyCop: Is a police officer, and [[spoiler:is heavily implied to be a domestic abuser. He also murdered three people in the film proper.]]
* DomesticAbuse: [[spoiler:It's implied that Quentin's wife left him because of his violent temper and that he was also abusive to his children.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: He starts off as the hero of the film, but then he starts to think that the others are against him, especially Holloway, so in the scene where [[spoiler:she's hanging on the rope of clothes to check the outside of the building, the others pull her up. Quentin, who is at the front, holds her hand, he stares at her and then he lets her go. He then is the villain from there on forth.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler:Though at first he seems a reasonable and cool-headed man who is the leader of the group, as the film goes on he starts to show his true colors. He killed Holloway, saying that she was a spy, but the others know that he did it because of what Holloway said about him (such as accusing him of hitting his wife and his kids.) He tries to rape Leaven and beats up Worth when he stops him from doing it. After they leave him, he starts to hunt them down and, though he sees the light from outside of the cube, he decides to kill Leaven, Worth, and then tries to kill Kazen only to be stopped by Worth who pulled his leg in leaving him to be cut in half by the room moving.]].
* HairTriggerTemper: It's not hard to make him lose his cool.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He personally murders Holloway, Leaven and Worth, in that order.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He gradually becomes more impatient and more rude to the other members of the group, insulting Holloway and Kazan, beating Worth and trying to get his way with Leaven.
* LastNameBasis: We never get to know his first name.
* TheLeader: He takes on this role from the start of the movie. [[spoiler:Later loses it after he kills Holloway.]]
* ManlyTears: He actually cries when [[spoiler:it looks like the group has been going in circles and that there is indeed no way out of the Cube.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Suspects Worth of having some connection to the Cube and is proven right]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[spoiler:Tries to inflict this on Leaven, which causes him to be ejected from the group.]]
* {{Sadist}}: Not too obvious, but it's there. [[spoiler:He [[HopeSpot fakes trying to save Holloway]] when he could've just dropped her right away, and in the climax he toys with Kazan before trying to kill him with his bare hands.]]
* SanitySlippage: He wasn't exactly stable to begin with, but as the movie goes on, he becomes more unhinged.
* ScaryBlackMan: He isn't that intimidating at first, but as the film goes on he becomes more violent and paranoid.
* SirSwearsALot: By far the most profane character in the film.
* StupidEvil: Had he simply let the others escape instead of stopping to murder Leaven and Worth he could have made it out of the Cube alive.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts having one shortly after he [[spoiler:murders Holloway.]] He first starts by claiming [[SanitySlippage she must have been a spy, and then claims he can read people's minds,]] and eventually just becomes a [[ScreamingWarrior roaring lunatic]] who the others have to escape from. Finally [[spoiler:at the end, he manages to find them, but just stabs Leaven and tries to kill the others instead of even bothering to go through the exit that's right there.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about this guy without revealing his ultimate role.
* WouldHitAGirl: He slaps Holloway in the face in a fit of anger. [[spoiler:He also literally stabs Leaven InTheBack.]]
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[[folder:Leaven]]
!!Leaven
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NicoleDeBoer

The youngest and the brains of the operation. She can multiply numbers in her head, as the only way to get through the rooms is if the numbers of the small tunnel of each doorway is a prime number.
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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's younger than every other characters and a college student who doesn't have much life experience. Though she matures quite a bit throughout the movie and the role eventually falls to Kazan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's initially pretty mean to Kazan. Later, she warms up to him.
* LikesOlderMen: Dialogues imply that Leaven harbors a mutual crush towards Quentin. [[spoiler:That attraction pretty much disappears when Quentin starts acting like a maniac]].
* TheSmartGirl: She studies math and is the one who decipher the numbers.
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[[folder:Worth]]
!!David Worth
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidHewlett

The one guy who everyone is suspicious of.
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* AntiHero: At first. He gets better though.
* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Quentin kills Leaven]].
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler:As the film goes on and Quentin loses his cool , Worth becomes Quentin's punching-bag and way of testing the rooms.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He is very sarcastic during the first part of the film, making fun of the already desperate situation.
-->'''Quentin:''' Get over there and help her with him. That's your job: baby-sitter.\\
'''Worth:''' (''with a German accent'') Jawohl Kommandant. (''salute'')
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After being Quentin's punching bag he finally fights back by pushing the door against his head which leaves him choking for breath and tricks him by using one of the floor doors to leave him in another room]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Even after Leaven dies, Worth decides to stop Quentin from escaping even if it means he's going to die too, saving Kazan.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While originally being depicted as very sarcastic towards the other members of the group, showing insensitivity towards Rennes' death and mocking Quentin for having hope to escape, he ends up helping them, and shows concern and kindness towards Leaven and Kazan. [[spoiler:He even sacrifices himself to allow Kazan to escape.]]
* TheLancer: To Quentin, who he constantly butts heads with, though their relationship is considerably more hostile than most examples of this trope.
* TheLeader: [[spoiler:He becomes this after Quentin loses it with him helping Leaven and Kazan to get out of the cube and saving Kazan from Quentin when he tries to kill him even willing to leave himself trapped in the cube as a result.]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Has one when rediscovering the corpse of Rennes]].
* MadeOfIron: He suffers the most non-lethal damage throughout the movie but still moves with the rest of the group. It's eventually lampshaded by Leaven, who comments on how many lives Worth has used by that point.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's actually the designer of the outer shell of the Cube]].
* StrawNihilist: Quentin even lampshades it:
-->'''Quentin:''' Somebody has to take responsibility around here.\\
'''Worth:''' And that somebody has to be you.\\
'''Quentin:''' Not all of us have the luxury of playing nihilist.
** And several dialogues too:
--->'''Quentin:''' Why don't you tell us what your purpose was?\\
'''Worth:''' I often wondered that myself.\\
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'''Worth:''' I wasn't exactly bursting with ''joie de vivre'' before I got here. Life just sucks in general.\\
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'''Quentin:''' For Christ's sake, Worth, what do you live for? Do you have a wife, or a girlfriend, or something?\\
'''Worth:''' Nope. I've got a pretty fine [[PornStash collection of pornography]].\\
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'''Worth:''' You think we matter? We don't.\\
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'''Worth:''' I have nothing... to live for out there.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:With Leaven.]]
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[[folder:Holloway]]
!!Helen Holloway
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!!!'''Played By:''' Nicky Guadagni

A free clinic doctor. She shows herself to be very hysterical and rants about conspiracy theories. She takes care of Kazan.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: She was one before entering the Cube and thinks that it was created by the government using their taxes.
* TheHeart: She's the most morally balanced of the group and refuses at any moment to leave Kazan even if it slows them down.
* LargeHam: She shouts, a lot.
* MamaBear: To Kazan.
* TheMedic: She treats the wounds of the members of the group, and later takes care of Kazan.
* ProperlyParanoid: ''"I WAS RIGHT! NO-ONE'S GONNA CALL ME PARANOID AGAIN!"''.
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[[folder:Kazan]]
!!Kazan
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!!!'''Played By:''' Andrew Miller

A man with severe autism.
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* AllLovingHero: Despite everything that Quentin has done to them, Kazan tries to comfort him when it appears that all hope is lost.
* CerebusRetcon: The prequel implies that [[spoiler:he was actually one of the observers managing the Cube until he became a victim himself, and that he isn't autistic- he's been ''lobotomised''.]]
* CharacterTic: Being autistic, he twitches his fingers and starts tapping his head with his hand if something distresses him.
* DisabilitySuperpower: He has severe autism, but [[spoiler:can serve as a human calculator]]. It also counts as an EleventhHourSuperpower.
* FinalGuy: [[spoiler:He's the only one of the group to survive to the end and ultimately escape from the Cube]].
* NervousWreck: Spends much of his time as a twitching and whimpering mess. Justified, as his autism makes it harder for him to cope with the extreme circumstances he's in.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Only he makes it out of the Cube with his life]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really likes chewing gum and gumdrops.
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[[folder:Rennes]]
!!Rennes
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/WayneRobson

A French escape artist nicknamed "The Wren" who escaped seven prisons.
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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:He gets sprayed in the face with acid]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:His last word.]]
* MentorArchetype: The expert escape artist who teaches the main cast a few lessons that keep them alive for a time. [[spoiler:[[MentorOccupationalHazard Dies early on to make things a lot scarier]].]]
* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled: [[spoiler:He's a legendary escape artist who has escaped no less than seven prisons! Oh wait, he's dead.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Killed shortly after his first appearance]].
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[[folder:Alderson]]
!!Alderson
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JulianRichings

The first victim.
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* DeadStarWalking: He was pictured on the promotional poster and gets diced five minutes in.
* DecoyProtagonist: The first character we are introduced to and the first to die.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed only five minutes after his introduction.
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