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!!Record Store Clerk
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Honestly? I just can't stop listening to it.'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/BenWhishaw
The owner of the record store where Luisa goes to find the Cloud Atlas Sextet.
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* PastLifeMemories: He says that he can't stop listening to the "Cloud Atlas Sextet." This could be a result of him being Robert Frobisher in his past life, hence why he feels so drawn to it.
*SmokingIsCool He is often seen with a cigarette.
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* CompositeCharacter: Merged with the other members of Smoke's hitsquad from the book, including his "stupid wetback" line and [[spoiler: his death scene at the hands of the Mexican woman]].
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the book, he dies saving Luisa from Bill Smoke, killing the assassin in the process.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the book, he dies saving Luisa from Bill Smoke, killing the assassin in the process.
* CompositeCharacter: Incorporates scenes and elements from both his novel counterpart and Alberto Grimaldi - the ''real'' head of Seaboard in he novel. For example, the film version of Hooks can be seen making a speech that Grimaldi makes in the novel, while masterminding a scheme that Grimaldi himself didn't sign off on.
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A bodyguard of Lloyd Hooks' [[spoiler: as well as a friend of Luisa's father, hence why he saves her from Bill Smoke]].
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* BigBad: Of ''The First Luisa Rey Mystery''. He's the one pulling strings to ensure Sixsmith's report never goes public.
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* BigBad: Of ''The First Luisa Rey Mystery''. He's the one pulling strings to ensure Sixsmith's report never goes public.
** NonActionBigBad: Prefers to sit back and let hisDragon, [[TheDragon Dragon]], Bill Smoke, take care of the wet work.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:His plan to make a profit at the deaths of dozens of people comes to a stop when he's exposed by Lusia Luisa and Rufus's daughter]].niece]].
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-->''"My father braved booby-trapped marshes and the wrath of generals for his journalistic integrity. What kind of daughter would I be if I bailed when things got a little tough?"''
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* ActionSurvivor: A journalist who gets caught up in action Luisa is just a journalist, with no combat training and is an ActualPacifist. Nevertheless, she struggles shows enough bravery and ingenuity to live through.
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-->''"Fear, belief, love, phenomena that determined the course of our lives. These forces begin long before we are born and continue after we perish."''
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Present more strongly in the film, where it's clear to the viewer that we're seeing [[spoiler:soul mates who'd meet again as Meronym and Zachry.]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: A [[spoiler:A bomb on the plane he's on is detonated to keep him quiet about the plant failing.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight:Present more strongly With Luisa.
-->''"Proposition: I have fallen inthe film, where it's clear to the viewer that we're seeing [[spoiler:soul mates who'd meet again as Meronym love with Luisa Rey. Is this possible? I just met her, and Zachry.]]yet...I feel like something important has happened to me."''
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Admits he struggles with this -- getting Luisa a copy of the report would save thousands of lives, but at the cost of his job, or worse. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He chooses "good," but loses his life for it]].
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!Half Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (1975)
[[folder:Luisa]]
!!Luisa Rey
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rey_Luisa_3680.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Just trying to understand why we keep making the same mistakes... over and over."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/HalleBerry
A Spyglass columnist who gets herself in trouble when she gets a little too close to a conspiracy that may well end in nuclear winter.
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* ActionSurvivor: A journalist who gets caught up in action she struggles to live through.
* ActualPacifist: Hardly ever resorts to violence.
* {{Badass}}: When she wants to. Watch in the film as she gets the best of bodyguard Joe Napier.
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Shares the comet-shaped birthmark.
%%DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: She never gives up on getting her hands on a copy of Sixsmith's report, as this could save several lives. She claims she would go far for journalistic integrity.
%%DoesntLikeGuns
* FollowInMyFootsteps: She became a journalist like her father, Lester Ray, whom she aspires to be like.
* HotScoop: As Hooks says in the film -- if all female journalists looked like her, he might be a bit more concerned about the women's liberation movement.
* IntrepidReporter: She'll stop at nothing to get that report, even if it means risking her life.
* RaceLift: Almost certainly, given that Luisa receives no remarks about her race in the book despite the Civil Rights Movement having only just ended, and her father was a very well respected journalist and cop to whites, which would have been impossible in his lifetime.
* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Dad Do?]]: She asks herself this at least once in the film.
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[[folder:Isaac]]
!!Isaac Sachs
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sachs_Isaac_3136.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fear, belief, love, phenomena that determined the course of our lives. These forces begin long before we are born and continue after we perish."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomHanks
A nerdy scientist and co-worker of Sixsmith who falls in love with Luisa at first sight, feeling as though he's seen her before.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's very awkward around Luisa, whom he's in love with.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde, {{adorkable}}, and ultimately decides to do the right thing.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: A bomb on the plane he's on is detonated to keep him quiet about the plant failing.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: Present more strongly in the film, where it's clear to the viewer that we're seeing [[spoiler:soul mates who'd meet again as Meronym and Zachry.]]
* NerdGlasses: Wears them as a scientist.
%%NiceGuy
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Admits he struggles with this -- getting Luisa a copy of the report would save thousands of lives, but at the cost of his job, or worse. [[spoiler: He chooses "good," but loses his life for it]].
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[[folder:Smoke]]
!!Bill Smoke
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Smoke_Bill_2933.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/HugoWeaving
An assassin hired to tie up a few loose ends.
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* AssholeVictim: See KarmicDeath.
* {{Badass}}: Evil he may be, but he's a very capable fighter.
** BadassLongcoat: Wears one.
** BadassInANiceSuit: Wears one too.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil: A fair-haired assassin who has it in for Luisa.
* DeadlyEuphemism: When he corners [[spoiler:Luisa and Joe]], he tells them to "enjoy your retirement".
** FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: ...Right before the "fucking wetback" whose dog he shot earlier brains him to death with a heavy pipe cudgel.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per Hugo Weaving.
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Lloyd Hooks]].
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Kills Sixsmith and Isaac, with the ladder's death being outright overkill.]]
* ImplacableMan: He'll stop at nothing to get his target. Especially apparent when chasing [[spoiler: Luisa and Joe]] through the Mexican lady's establishment.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Gets the crap beaten out of him by the Mexican Lady he insulted earlier. Thank you, Mexican Lady!]]
* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler: He murders Sachs by blowing up the plane and everyone on it]].
* MadBomber: [[spoiler:He leaves a bomb on board the plane Isaac was on, which not only kills him but also everyone else in the process.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: How he disguises the murder of Rufus Sixsmith.]]
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* ProfessionalKiller: He is one.
* PsychoForHire: A much more restrained version than most, but still counts as one.
* ShootTheDog: Literally -- tropewise it's actually a KickTheDog moment.
* TheStoic: He's always very calm and composed.
** NotSoStoic: Briefly when he's trying to find Luisa and [[spoiler: Joe]], he flips out on the Mexican woman.
--> '''Bill Smoke''': ''Shut up. '''SHUT THE FUCK UP!'''''
* TheUnfettered: Nothing will stop the guy from getting to his target. ''Nothing.''
* WeaponOfChoice: The man loves to use handguns, though he isn't above using other means as well.
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[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe Napier
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Joe_Napier_7042.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithDavid
A bodyguard of Lloyd Hooks' [[spoiler: as well as a friend of Luisa's father, hence why he saves her from Bill Smoke]].
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* {{Badass}}: He's the one doing most of the fighting against [[spoiler: Bill Smoke]].
** BadassBaritone: Natural to Keith David.
** BadassMustache: Has one.
** BadassGrandpa: He was a contemporary of Luisa's father.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Due to his friendship with Luisa's dad, he pretty much turns his back against Lloyd and help her out]].
* RevolversAreJustBetter: What he uses when facing off against [[spoiler:Bill Smoke]].
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* ScaryBlackMan: Despite ultimately being a good guy, you know when you see him that you don't want to piss him off.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He ultimately ditches Lloyd in order to help Luisa save several lives.
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[[folder:Hooks]]
!!Lloyd Hooks
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HughGrant
The chief executive of Seaboard Corporation [[spoiler: and the mastermind behind the whole conspiracy, as well as the deaths of Saachs and Sixsmith]].
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* BigBad: Of ''The First Luisa Rey Mystery''. He's the one pulling strings to ensure Sixsmith's report never goes public.
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* StrawMisogynist: Claims that he doesn't take "the whole Women's Lib thing" seriously.
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[[folder:Javier]]
!!Javier Gomez
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->'''Played By:''' Brody Nicholas Lee
A young neighbour of Luisa Rey's who frequently hops his way onto her balcony.
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* DeadpanSnarker: To Luisa.
* GenreSavvy: His extensive knowledge of crime mystery clichés helps Luisa figure out the truth. [[spoiler: In the film, he eventually submits Luisa's story to Cavendish as a novel manuscript]].
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[[folder:The Mexican Woman]]
!!The Mexican Woman
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->'''Played by:''' Bae Doona
A lookout at a factory where illegal aliens make stuffed toys under sweatshop conditions. Luisa Rey and Joe Napier flee into the building to escape Bill Smoke.
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* BadLiar: Her paper-thin attempts to keep Smoke out of her building.
* BerserkButton: [[KickTheDog Shooting her dog]] and calling her a "wetback" wasn't a very wise move. [[spoiler: Bill Smoke learned it the hard way.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Angering her was not a very wise move, as she does [[spoiler: off Bill Smokes for pissing her off]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Kicks Smoke's ass just as it looked like Luisa and Joe were done for]].
* BrownFace: The Korean Bae Doona as a Latina woman.
* TheIllegal: Heavily implied to be one.
* InnocentBystander: It just happened to be ''her'' establishment [[spoiler: Joe and Luisa]] ran into.
** BadassBystander / HeroicBystander: [[spoiler: Sneaks behind Bill Smoke and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown bloodily beats him to death]] with a wrench.]]
* NoNameGiven: We never find out her name.
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!Half Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery (1975)
[[folder:Luisa]]
!!Luisa Rey
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rey_Luisa_3680.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Just trying to understand why we keep making the same mistakes... over and over."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/HalleBerry
A Spyglass columnist who gets herself in trouble when she gets a little too close to a conspiracy that may well end in nuclear winter.
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* ActionSurvivor: A journalist who gets caught up in action she struggles to live through.
* ActualPacifist: Hardly ever resorts to violence.
* {{Badass}}: When she wants to. Watch in the film as she gets the best of bodyguard Joe Napier.
* BirthmarkOfDestiny: Shares the comet-shaped birthmark.
%%DeadpanSnarker
* {{Determinator}}: She never gives up on getting her hands on a copy of Sixsmith's report, as this could save several lives. She claims she would go far for journalistic integrity.
%%DoesntLikeGuns
* FollowInMyFootsteps: She became a journalist like her father, Lester Ray, whom she aspires to be like.
* HotScoop: As Hooks says in the film -- if all female journalists looked like her, he might be a bit more concerned about the women's liberation movement.
* IntrepidReporter: She'll stop at nothing to get that report, even if it means risking her life.
* RaceLift: Almost certainly, given that Luisa receives no remarks about her race in the book despite the Civil Rights Movement having only just ended, and her father was a very well respected journalist and cop to whites, which would have been impossible in his lifetime.
* [[WhatWouldXDo What Would Dad Do?]]: She asks herself this at least once in the film.
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[[folder:Isaac]]
!!Isaac Sachs
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Sachs_Isaac_3136.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Fear, belief, love, phenomena that determined the course of our lives. These forces begin long before we are born and continue after we perish."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/TomHanks
A nerdy scientist and co-worker of Sixsmith who falls in love with Luisa at first sight, feeling as though he's seen her before.
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* {{Adorkable}}: He's very awkward around Luisa, whom he's in love with.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde, {{adorkable}}, and ultimately decides to do the right thing.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: A bomb on the plane he's on is detonated to keep him quiet about the plant failing.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: Present more strongly in the film, where it's clear to the viewer that we're seeing [[spoiler:soul mates who'd meet again as Meronym and Zachry.]]
* NerdGlasses: Wears them as a scientist.
%%NiceGuy
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Admits he struggles with this -- getting Luisa a copy of the report would save thousands of lives, but at the cost of his job, or worse. [[spoiler: He chooses "good," but loses his life for it]].
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[[folder:Smoke]]
!!Bill Smoke
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HugoWeaving
An assassin hired to tie up a few loose ends.
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* AssholeVictim: See KarmicDeath.
* {{Badass}}: Evil he may be, but he's a very capable fighter.
** BadassLongcoat: Wears one.
** BadassInANiceSuit: Wears one too.
* BlondeGuysAreEvil: A fair-haired assassin who has it in for Luisa.
* DeadlyEuphemism: When he corners [[spoiler:Luisa and Joe]], he tells them to "enjoy your retirement".
** FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: ...Right before the "fucking wetback" whose dog he shot earlier brains him to death with a heavy pipe cudgel.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per Hugo Weaving.
* TheDragon: To [[spoiler: Lloyd Hooks]].
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Kills Sixsmith and Isaac, with the ladder's death being outright overkill.]]
* ImplacableMan: He'll stop at nothing to get his target. Especially apparent when chasing [[spoiler: Luisa and Joe]] through the Mexican lady's establishment.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Gets the crap beaten out of him by the Mexican Lady he insulted earlier. Thank you, Mexican Lady!]]
* LeaveNoWitnesses: [[spoiler: He murders Sachs by blowing up the plane and everyone on it]].
* MadBomber: [[spoiler:He leaves a bomb on board the plane Isaac was on, which not only kills him but also everyone else in the process.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: How he disguises the murder of Rufus Sixsmith.]]
%%PoliticallyIncorrectVillain
* ProfessionalKiller: He is one.
* PsychoForHire: A much more restrained version than most, but still counts as one.
* ShootTheDog: Literally -- tropewise it's actually a KickTheDog moment.
* TheStoic: He's always very calm and composed.
** NotSoStoic: Briefly when he's trying to find Luisa and [[spoiler: Joe]], he flips out on the Mexican woman.
--> '''Bill Smoke''': ''Shut up. '''SHUT THE FUCK UP!'''''
* TheUnfettered: Nothing will stop the guy from getting to his target. ''Nothing.''
* WeaponOfChoice: The man loves to use handguns, though he isn't above using other means as well.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe Napier
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/KeithDavid
A bodyguard of Lloyd Hooks' [[spoiler: as well as a friend of Luisa's father, hence why he saves her from Bill Smoke]].
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* {{Badass}}: He's the one doing most of the fighting against [[spoiler: Bill Smoke]].
** BadassBaritone: Natural to Keith David.
** BadassMustache: Has one.
** BadassGrandpa: He was a contemporary of Luisa's father.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Due to his friendship with Luisa's dad, he pretty much turns his back against Lloyd and help her out]].
* RevolversAreJustBetter: What he uses when facing off against [[spoiler:Bill Smoke]].
%%SparedByTheAdaptation
* ScaryBlackMan: Despite ultimately being a good guy, you know when you see him that you don't want to piss him off.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: He ultimately ditches Lloyd in order to help Luisa save several lives.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hooks]]
!!Lloyd Hooks
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HughGrant
The chief executive of Seaboard Corporation [[spoiler: and the mastermind behind the whole conspiracy, as well as the deaths of Saachs and Sixsmith]].
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* BigBad: Of ''The First Luisa Rey Mystery''. He's the one pulling strings to ensure Sixsmith's report never goes public.
%%NonActionBigBad
%%CorruptCorporateExecutive
%%TheChessmaster
%%EvilBrit
%%FauxAffablyEvil
* LaserGuidedKarma: His plan to make a profit at the deaths of dozens of people comes to a stop when [[spoiler: he's exposed by Lusia and Rufus's daughter]].
%%ObviouslyEvil
%%{{Slimeball}}
%%SmugSnake
* StrawMisogynist: Claims that he doesn't take "the whole Women's Lib thing" seriously.
%%WalkingSpoiler
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Javier]]
!!Javier Gomez
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->'''Played By:''' Brody Nicholas Lee
A young neighbour of Luisa Rey's who frequently hops his way onto her balcony.
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* DeadpanSnarker: To Luisa.
* GenreSavvy: His extensive knowledge of crime mystery clichés helps Luisa figure out the truth. [[spoiler: In the film, he eventually submits Luisa's story to Cavendish as a novel manuscript]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Mexican Woman]]
!!The Mexican Woman
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->'''Played by:''' Bae Doona
A lookout at a factory where illegal aliens make stuffed toys under sweatshop conditions. Luisa Rey and Joe Napier flee into the building to escape Bill Smoke.
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* BadLiar: Her paper-thin attempts to keep Smoke out of her building.
* BerserkButton: [[KickTheDog Shooting her dog]] and calling her a "wetback" wasn't a very wise move. [[spoiler: Bill Smoke learned it the hard way.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Angering her was not a very wise move, as she does [[spoiler: off Bill Smokes for pissing her off]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Kicks Smoke's ass just as it looked like Luisa and Joe were done for]].
* BrownFace: The Korean Bae Doona as a Latina woman.
* TheIllegal: Heavily implied to be one.
* InnocentBystander: It just happened to be ''her'' establishment [[spoiler: Joe and Luisa]] ran into.
** BadassBystander / HeroicBystander: [[spoiler: Sneaks behind Bill Smoke and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown bloodily beats him to death]] with a wrench.]]
* NoNameGiven: We never find out her name.
[[/folder]]
