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Django

Django Freeman

"I like the way you die, boy."

Played by: Jamie Foxx
Voiced by: Pedro Ruiz (Sony dub), Salvador Delgado (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish); Jean-Baptiste Anoumon (European French), Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese)

A one-time-slave turned bounty hunter, Django is freed by Dr King Schultz and sets out to find his wife Broomhilda.

Affectionate Nickname: "Big Troublemaker", courtesy of Broomhilda.
Anti-Hero: He's an Unscrupulous Hero at first, but more of a Nominal Hero later on, as the bounty hunter work he and Schultz conduct takes a backseat to the plan to free Django's wife from slavery and Django's later Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
Badass in a Nice Suit: At some points in the film. "Nice" is debatable at times, however. Even the slaves on the Bennett plantation think Django's crushed blue velvet suit is tacky.
Barefoot Captives: At the beginning of the film, he and the rest of the recently-sold slaves are forced to trek across Texas through a forest, badland, and mountainous area, wearing nothing but irons and burlap slacks. Even for the South in 1858, that comes across as beyond pointlessly cruel.
Becoming the Mask: He comes dangerously close to this when he plays the role of a Black slaver to infiltrate Candieland.
Bond One-Liner: Django really likes making quips at the posthumous expense of his enemies.
- Django kills Big John Brittle and mockingly repeats a variation of the latter taunting him that he liked the way Django begged.
  Django: I like the way you die, boy.
- In an exchange where he learns that "positive" means "sure of what he knows", Django says that he is sure that Ellis Brittle is the one trying to escape on a horse. After Schultz shoots Ellis...
  Django: I'm positive he dead.
- After he kills everyone in the manor save for Stephen.
  Stephen: I count six shots, nigga.
  Django: [pulls out a second pistol] I count two guns, nigga!
Book Dumb: Perfectly understandable considering he has been a slave all his life, and thus barred from education. He's clever in other ways, is a fast learner overall, and Schultz makes a point of teaching him literacy to better aid in bounty hunting.
Schultz: Are you sure that's him?
Django: Yeah.
Schultz: Are you positive?
Django: I don't know.
Schultz: You don't know if you are positive?
Django: I don't know what positive means.
Boomerang Bigot: He isn't actually prejudiced towards his own background, but he does play up a prejudiced façade in his cover as a black slaver, impressing onto the Candyland slaves that "I am worse than any of these white men here", to the point where Schultz worries he's overdoing it.
Bounty Hunter: He becomes one under Schultz's tutelage.
Character Title: The movie is named after Django, who is the protagonist.
Chekhov's Skill: One he learned from Schultz earlier in the film. Django manages to talk his way out of his chains after being captured in Candieland by promising to help his captors claim a huge bounty — skills he got from watching Schultz earlier in the movie.
Cold Sniper: Schultz trains him in long-range sniping along with the Quick Draw, but Django doesn't share his enthusiasm for gunning men down in front of their sons from atop a hill, wanted fugitive or no.
Cool Shades: Anachronistic as they may be, he has a pair of sunglasses which he wears as part of his disguise as a black slaver, and dons them dramatically in the fiery final showdown.
Covered with Scars: Django is covered in whip scars, which briefly stuns Schultz upon seeing them for the first time.
Dark and Troubled Past: It comes with being a former slave, but being separated from his wife means that his past is still haunting him. Fortunately for Django, he has the means to correct it.
Deadpan Snarker: It's subtle at first, but the more he can get away with it, the more he indulges with backtalking the kind of man who would've had him killed for it a short while ago, a practice which absolutely fascinates Candie when they meet. When he returns to Candieland, he snarks throughout the entire final confrontation as he casually guns down all of the people who have wronged him.
Earn Your Happy Ending: He manages to save Broomhilda, avenge Schultz, and destroy Candieland by the end of the film — this after being shot, beaten, nearly castrated, and sold back into slavery.
Everyone Has Standards: While he jumps at the chance to kill white people for money, he's very relucant to shoot Smitty Bacall in front of his son. Schultz insists, and he takes the shot, but he throws the incident in Schultz's face long after the fact, which means he's more than a little bitter about the whole thing.
Guile Hero: He picks up a knack for obfuscation from Schultz.
Guns Akimbo: He does this throughout the climax, using a pistol in each hand to blast away at the guards of Candieland.
The Gunslinger: The Quick Draw, as taught by fellow practitioner Dr. Schultz; where Schultz utilizes some form of misdirection to put his target off-guard before drawing on them, Django can just plain draw faster.
Schultz: You know what they'll call you? The fastest gun in the South.
He Who Fights Monsters: Compare Django's initial reluctance to kill a bounty who happens to be a father to how he is at the end of the movie. There's a stark difference.
The Hero: He's the main character (the movie is named after him, after all), and is given more focus than Schultz.
Impossibly Tacky Clothes: The blue velvet suit he wears at one point in the movie looks like something straight out of Austin Powers. Even the slaves in the Bennett plantation think it's ridiculous.
Improbable Aiming Skills: He gains these over the course of the movie, and it's lampshaded by Schultz that he likely naturally always had these skills.
Invincible Hero: He's become one by the end of the film. He effortlessly outclasses anyone who tries to fight him, and never seems in serious danger in combat. He's only defeated in the first Candieland shootout when he's pinned down with no bullets left.
Meaningful Name: Invoked. He picks the surname "Freeman" after becoming a free man.
Nominal Hero: Django is largely driven by personal interests, as noble as his desire to save his wife may be. A telling sign of this is the fact that he takes on the job of bounty hunter not to bring criminals to some form of justice, but as an outlet for revenge for all the mistreatment he's suffered because of whites. Plus, he puts Broomhilda's safety above all else, even other black people; when forced into a corner by Candie, Django willingly watches D'Artagnan get Eaten Alive by dogs, refusing to lift a finger to save him because it would risk Broomhilda's safety. For what it's worth, though, he avenges D'Artagnan later in the movie by destroying the remnants of Candieland.
"Not So Different" Remark: When Moguy, Candie's lawyer, comments that one could almost say he was raised to be Candie's lawyer, Django sardonically suggests that he may as well have been brought up in captivity, like a slave, with subtext suggesting that he is calling into question Moguy's feelings of superiority based on skin colour.
Moguy: One could almost say I was raised to be Calvin's lawyer!
Django: [Beat] One could almost say you's a nigga.
One-Man Army: He becomes this in the eventual assault on Candieland, although it's subverted: even the best gunman is only dangerous when he has bullets, and Django is eventually overwhelmed and backed into a corner. It's not quite clear who was saved when Stephen used Broomhilda to force him surrender.
Only One Name: Initially. He later picks up "Freeman" as a surname.
The Quiet One: He doesn't say much, even after taking the "Freeman" surname. This makes it more notable when he does talk, since Schultz is The Charmer. Schultz even enforces this, telling Django to "let me do the talking" when it comes to negotiating with people who have guns pointed at them.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: It gets interrupted halfway through, but he does (eventually) manage to complete it, taking down everyone in Candieland and blowing the place sky-high with dynamite.
Scars Are Forever: He has both whip marks on his back and an R branding him as a runaway slave on his cheek.
Scary Black Man: Much like Jules, Django is a tough, badass, and ruthless killer who's quite good at striking terror into his enemies.
Scary Shiny Glasses: He wears a pair when acting as a slaver.
Sharp-Dressed Man: For the final showdown, he becomes one by stealing Candie's burgundy suit.
Silent Snarker: His facial expressions alone convey extreme disdain for whomever's talking to him.
Soul Brotha: As befits the blaxploitation elements of this film, Django fits some of the behavioral aspects of this trope, although, being in a 19th-century period piece, he's lacking the visual ones. He's extremely laid back in every situation, and can defend himself in a fight very well.
The Stoic: Having lived most of his life as a slave, Django understandably keeps a lot of his emotions in check even after gaining his freedom.
Supporting Protagonist: At first, Schultz is the one who does all the planning and talking. He even originally recruits Django just because Django knows the faces of the bounties Schultz is looking for. Even when they work to free Django's wife, Schultz is the one in charge while Django mainly follows his lead. After Schultz gets killed for killing Candie in a fit of pride, Django firmly takes the lead and singlehandedly brings down what remains of Candie's plantation.
Took a Level in Badass: Schultz trains him in gunfighting, and Django gradually becomes more and more competent as the movie progresses.
Tranquil Fury: In contrast to Schultz, who's slowly broken down by the reality of the brutality of slavery, Django is largely unfazed by the horrors he witnesses, having been a victim of them himself. However, when the opportunity grants itself, Django enacts vengeance tenfold.
The Watson: At first, while Schultz is showing him the tricks of the trade. If he'd been allowed to be this more, Schultz might not have been gunned down as he was.
Would Hit a Girl: He kills men and women alike in the eventual assault on Candieland.

Schultz

Dr. King Schultz

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"The badder they are, the bigger the reward."

Played by: Christoph Waltz
Voiced by: Diego Brizzi [Sony dub], Germán Fabregat [Starz dub] (Latin American Spanish); Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese)

An eccentric German Bounty Hunter and former dentist who frees Django to aid him in the pursuit of his current bounties, the Brittle brothers.

All Germans Are Nazis: Inverted with a vengeance. Schultz is the least racist, most egalitarian, and most generally decent character in the film.
Ambiguously Jewish: He's a German immigrant in the mid-19th century, when the first Jews came to America from Germany, with the stereotypically Jewish profession of dentist. He clearly has a strong German identity due to his fascination with German folklore, but Jews were much more assimilated in Germany than any other European country (prior to Hitler, of course). The surname Schultz is occasionally Jewish (as are many other German last names). He also hints that he's from Düsseldorf, which was and remains a center of Jewish life in Germany.
Anti-Hero: An Unscrupulous Hero, Schultz is a bounty hunter by trade who, while preferring to take his bounties dead rather than alive, nonetheless seems to make an effort to only go after the really nasty criminals. As he says, "Badder they are, bigger the reward." That won't stop him from gunning a wanted fugitive down in front of the man's son, however.
Badass Bookworm: He's well-read enough to know more about Alexandre Dumas than Candie, and was once a practicing dentist.
Badass Longcoat: He's never seen without one.
Beware the Nice Ones: He is among the nicest people in the movie. And the deadliest.
Bounty Hunter: And a master of his trade, at that, though with his preferred style being to take his targets in dead and to kill them before they can defend themselves, in practice he's more of an assassin that only targets wanted criminals.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He sticks out like a sore thumb for numerous reasons, the least of which being a foreign white man in the American South who speaks to slaves as though they were people (and lets one ride a horse, which everyone comments on), but he is nonetheless such a successful bounty hunter that he hasn't actually practiced dentistry in a good long while.
Character Catchphrase: "Now everybody calm down."
The Charmer: He is exceptionally good at talking his way out of hairy situations, most of which he puts himself into with his murderous theatrics. He manages to talk down a US Marshal and an entire town that had Schultz and Django dead to rights at gunpoint into letting them go. Though it helps that Schultz did his homework on the guy's criminal past first, along with bringing a warrant from a judge, the fact remains that he manages to talk his way out of an nigh-impossible situation.
Complexity Addiction:
- According to Tarantino, this is partially what led to the failure of his plan, and his death. It's Schultz's idea to pull the entire scheme at Candieland. Walking in and just buying Brunhilde was always a possibility, one that Django even raises, but Schultz dismisses it because it could be costly. He instead sets up a convoluted plan requiring him and Django to infiltrate Candieland under false pretenses to try and trick Candie. This ultimately leads to his death.
- It can be seen earlier in the movie: his first bounty with the sheriff is very spectacular and theatrical, but done in such a way that only the local marshal being a Reasonable Authority Figure lets Schultz's plan succeed. The marshal even points out that Schultz is basically asking for a courtesy he did not himself show his victim.
Cool Old Guy: He's older than most other characters in the movie, and is a very effective bounty hunter.
Cop Killer: Schultz shoots Sheriff Bill Sharp to death in front of a large number of his townsfolk, resulting in a tense exchange between 100 armed individuals, including US Marshal Gil Tatum. Schultz manages to defuse the situation by revealing Sharp's past as an outlaw, and the $200 bounty on his head.
Cultured Badass: He knows more about The Three Musketeers than Candie, at least. He's also a lover of German myth, recounting the tale of Brunhilde when Django tells him the name of his wife.
Cunning Linguist: He speaks fluent English, German, and French, as does Christoph Waltz. Doubles as an Actor Allusion and debatable family resemblance to Waltz's previous appearance in the Tarantinoverse.
Deadpan Snarker: Just one of his many eccentricities.
Death by Irony: When he warns Django to stop antagonizing Candie, he specifically says he doesn't want Django to anger him such that the both of them die in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Come to find, it's Schultz himself and his inability to avoid antagonizing Candie, culminating in him killing him, that results in him dying in said location.
Decoy Protagonist: While Django is central to the film's plot from the get-go, the story is practically a Buddy Picture for three-quarters of its runtime; much of the first part of the film focuses on assorted bounty hunts, and the good doctor does much of the planning and talking even through Candieland, only to bite it and complicate everything.
Depraved Dentist: Subverted — he's a former dentist who kills people for money... but at the same time, he's far and away the kindest and most compassionate person in the film.
Didn't Think This Through: Schultz's plan to rescue Broomhilda by planning a ruse to purchase one of Candie's best fighters as a pretext to acquiring Broomhilda for a nominal sum is quite flawless, if needlessly complex; even Django tags along with it. However, they couldn't possibly have taken into account that head house slave Stephen would be far more intelligent and observant than his master, deduce the plan, and alert Candie.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: He abruptly kills Candie, utters his last words, and gets gunned down with about a half-hour in the film to go.
Eccentric Mentor: He is definitely a good teacher and father figure to Django, but his obsession with complex plots and Funny Foreigner tendencies make him come across as not all there on occasion.
Establishing Character Moment: His introduction has him riding up to the Speck Brothers in the middle of the night in order to find Django, acting mostly dismissive towards their obviously immediate distaste for him, speaking to Django as if he's a human being rather than a piece of property, ensuring he's being held at gunpoint with lethal intent before quickly killing the brother aiming at him in self-defense, killing the other brother's horse such that it collapses on him and breaks his leg, ignores the man's screaming and cursing to forcefully buy Django off him, then frees the remaining slaves and gives them the means to kill their former captor before leaving with Django. Throughout all of this, the only time he ever loses his aura of free-spiritedness is when he observes the multiple whip scars on Django's back, clearly unsettled at the cruelty he's endured.
Expy: He's very similar in temperament to Colonel Hans Landa, both being witty, charming and somewhat eccentric German Bunny-Ears Lawyer types with a Complexity Addiction. The difference is that their morality is completely inverted.
Fatal Flaw: Despite being the most morally upstanding character in the movie (and in many of Tarantino's movies in general), he has a nasty case of pride. Candie manages to get one over him by catching onto his plot to free Broomhilda (though technically it was Stephen who actually caught on), which infuriates him. However, Candie is willing to let Schultz and Django leave with Broomhilda at the cost of the $12,000 selling price and Schultz's pride by way of sealing the deal with a handshake. Schultz decides to put a bullet in Candie instead, getting himself killed moments later and putting Django and Broomhilda through even more grief before they get their happy ending.
Friendly Sniper: When he's not getting up close and chatty to his marks, he's up on a hill with a rifle sighted for long distances and more suitable for sniping than skirmishing.
Good Cannot Comprehend Evil: This, combined with his Complexity Addiction and Pride, is one of the major factors that leads to his demise and Django nearly getting killed near the end of the film. Schultz believes that had he and Django been honest about their intentions from the start, then Calvin would have either refused to sell Broomhilda out of spite or demanded a massive price for her, due to Calvin Candie's reputation as a sadist who enjoys torturing the slaves he owns. While this description of Calvin is not incorrect, his sadism is outweighed by his obsession with cultivating the image of a sophisticated, French-style Southern Gentleman. He would have gladly sold Broomhilda for chicken feed if Schultz and Django had been truthful, as she was of little to no value to him; the fact that she's important to them would have been irrelevant.
Guile Hero: Every sticky situation he gets himself into with his theatrics, he gets himself out of with his silver tongue. And he teaches this skill to Django.
The Gunslinger: A Quick Draw, same as Django, as that's the style Schultz trained him in. Schultz's preferred M.O. is to lull his would-be opponents into a false sense of security with his eccentric persona and then draw on them before they have a chance to react, either with a derringer hidden in his sleeve or, in the case of the Speck Brothers, by dropping his lantern and using the motion plus the sudden darkness to conceal his draw, killing one and disabling the other before the lantern hits the ground.
Heroic Sacrifice: Subverted, as shooting Candie at the moment he does puts Django and his wife in danger, though it opens him up to be killed.
Honor Before Reason: One interpretation of his killing Candie; he can't bring himself to shake Candie's hand because that would mean condoning the brutality of Candieland and the slave trade at large. Supporting this is that while brooding over his defeat, Schultz has flashbacks to D'Artagnan's death by Candie's dogs.
Improbable Aiming Skills: He has these, but not to the same extent as Django.
Knight in Sour Armor: Schultz says disgusting things about his job, but his actions are often driven more by nobility and conscience than profit. He believes his bounties are legitimately bad men, and he is doing justice by killing them. The fact that he is paid for it is a bonus.
The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Schultz helps Django rescue his wife, Broomhilda, due to a combination of two things: firstly, he feels responsible for Django as the one who gave the man his freedom, and secondly (and more relevant to the trope) the realization that Django is essentially one of his folk-tale heroes made flesh, and when a German meets a real-life Siegfried it's "kind of a big deal".
The Mentor: He adopts this role as a way to make amends for buying Django as a slave early on, not simply freeing the man but teaching him his craft as well.
Mentor Occupational Hazard: Double Subverted. Schultz ends up dying because he lets his emotions get the best of him, not to inspire Django. The subsequent course of events does lead to Django seeking glorious revenge, however, both to reclaim his wife and avenge Schultz's death.
Mr. Vice Guy: Aside from his pride and occasionally deadly demeanor, he is without a doubt a charming, likable, Nice Guy who admires Django and remains his closest friend. He shoots Calvin knowing he'll get shot back and die because he can't take another minute of Candie's racist arrogance.
Mutual Kill: Played with; by shooting Calvin, he opens himself up to be shot by one of Calvin's henchmen. The henchman then shoots and kills him.
Not So Above It All: Inverted. While King Schultz certainly disagrees with slavery, he doesn't seem particularly bothered by it, treating it as the backward practice of easily dispatched stupid rednecks. But, his above-it-all demeanor cracks and eventually dissolves completely after he witnesses some particularly awful brutality on Candie's plantation.
Poor Communication Kills: Foreshadowed from the initial bar scene, and several times on. Schultz rarely shares vital information with Django, whether it be that he has every legal authority to kill the sheriff, the existence of a family surrounding a fugitive, or his intentions for Candie. Had he given Django any warning for the last, it's far likelier that he'd have survived.
Prophetic Name: Yes, we didn't miss that your character is named "Dr. King", Quentin. Schultz makes the ultimate sacrifice for emancipating Django, just like the great civil rights leader.
Refuge in Audacity: King seems to really live and breathe this trope. To count, he walks into a terribly racist town with a free black man, murders the Sheriff in cold blood and in broad daylight, then demands the marshal pay him $200 for killing said Sheriff. If Tatum wasn't half as noble a man as he was, King would've been killed on the spot and everything would've been moot.
Revenge Before Reason: If Calvin didn't demand Schultz shake his hand, both of them would have lived. Alas...
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Generally, if he breaks into a really complicated and articulate speech, the more awesome the scene will be. It serves to contrast how much more intelligent and eloquent he is, as a non-native English speaker no less, than the various racists and slavers he finds himself in close contact with, for whom English is the only language they know, and not particularly well at that.
Sore Loser: A rare heroic example. He does not take his plan to rescue Broomhilda being exposed to Candie well, and his wounded pride ends up getting him killed after shooting Candie.
The Spook: His origins are never revealed or fully explained. We know he's German, we know he left Germany for some reason, and we know he used to be a dentist. That's about it.
Tragic Hero: According to Tarantino, while Schultz does genuinely despise Candie for his monstrous treatment of his slaves, it's his own wounded pride that makes him decide to kill the bastard.
- Schultz is heavily implied, through his egalitarianism and his skill with guns to have been a German "Forty Eighter". The Forty Eighters were socialists that fought a revolution in Germany in 1848 for more democratic government and guarantees of human rights. When they failed, many came to the United States and were prominent in the founding of the Republican Party as an explicitly anti-slavery political party.
Unscrupulous Hero: He's an all-around Nice Guy who genuinely sympathizes with Django and Broomhilda's plight, even going so far as to reunite the two out of the goodness of his heart. Despite all this, he's still a remorseless bounty hunter who has no qualms with murdering wanted men for a quick buck.
White Man's Burden: A reconstruction. Schulz despises slavery and frees slaves when the opportunity to presents itself. He also teaches Django how to read, dress, and work as a bounty hunter. However, he genuinely considers him a friend, relies on him for help and advice, and has problems of his own.
Wrong Genre Savvy: See Good Cannot Comprehend Evil; he thinks his plan is the only realistic way of getting Broomhilda away from a man as petty and spiteful as Candie without at least having to pay an obscene price. Unfortunately, he actually read Candie wrong, overestimating his spite compared to his obsession with his self-image.

Broomhilda

Broomhilda von Shaft

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"They call me Hildi."

Played by: Kerry Washington
Voiced by: Nadia Polak (Sony dub), Mariana Ortiz (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish); Romi Park (Japanese)

Django's wife, who was sold by the Brittle brothers, on Old Man Carrucan's instructions, to Calvin J. Candie.

Affectionate Nickname: "Little Troublemaker", courtesy of Django.
Damsel in Distress: The straightest example in a Tarantino film to date.
Determinator: Just not an Action Girl. It's mentioned that she's in the "hotbox" for trying to escape again. She clearly hasn't just been waiting around in the hope Django will one day rescue her.
Earn Your Happy Ending: In the end, she is reunited with Django, and they escape together.
Fainting: She does this when she sees Django again for the first time in quite a while.
Flat Character: She's Django's wife, and she's able to speak German. However, she doesn't get enough screentime to us to get to know her well.
Letting Her Hair Down: He spends most of the movie with her hair done up, but lets it down as she and Django are about to leave Candieland.
Living MacGuffin: The whole plot to free her from Candieland makes up the second half of the movie.
Nice Girl: While she doesn't get enough screentime to get to know her that well, she seems to be rather pleasant, polite, loving, and sweet.
Neutral Female: She's pretty much useless for the entire movie. Hell, when Django begins to shoot his way out of Candieland, not only does she not help him at all, she even manages to get into his line of fire instead of, you know, ducking for cover like any intelligent person would when bullets start flying.
Prophetic Name: The mythical Brunhilde was a Valkyrie and a warrior, and the first time we see a free Broomhilda, she's got herself a horse and a gun, and seems destined to be Neutral No Longer.
Scars Are Forever: She has whip marks on her back and an R branding her as a runaway on her cheek. Django actually begged their former overseers not to give her these, since they would reduce her value and make her unable to be a house slave any longer.
Sex Slave: The scars on her back and her face branding make her no longer fit to be a house slave, but she's still okay to serve as a "comfort girl".
Spell My Name With An S: Since she was named by a German, her name was most likely spelled Brunhilde originally, which is how Schultz pronounces it. However, having traded hands between several owners who don't know how to spell or pronounce it properly, she is generally referred to as Broomhilda, even on legal documents.

Candyland

Candyland is a plantation in Chickasaw County, Mississippi run by Calvin J. Candie and his head house slave, Stephen. The following characters are affiliated with Candyland and are antagonists of the film unless otherwise noted.

Candie

Calvin J. Candie

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"Gentleman, you had my curiosity, now you have my attention."

Played by: Leonardo DiCaprio
Voiced by: Pablo Gandolfo (Sony dub), José Antonio Macías (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish); Yasuyuki Kase (Japanese)

The sadistic and charismatic owner of Candieland.

Alliterative Name: His first and last names end with the letter C. For more, he's the owner of Candyland and the Cleopatra Club.
Ax-Crazy: More Like "Hammer Crazy", seeing as how he threatens to bash in both Broomhilda and Django's skulls with a hammer to "prove" that they're inferior to white people. Even after Schultz has paid for Broomhilda, Candie smashes the hammer down on the table anyway to create an in-universe Jump Scare for Broomhilda.
Beard of Evil: And a pretty pointy one at that.
Berserk Button: According to his lawyer, Candie hates being called "Mr." Candie, and prefers "Monsieur Candie." His insistence on this terminology leads to his death.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Stephen.
Deal with the Devil: His sale of Broomhilda to Schultz isn't quite one of these at first, but it subtly becomes one when he insists that Schultz shake his hand to seal the bargain; if Schultz does so, he and his party will be free to leave with no hard feelings, but he'll become fully complicit in (and symbolically convey acceptance of) all the atrocities Candie has committed thus far. Schultz decides to kill him rather than betray his conscience.
Defeat Means Respect: Totally averted. Subtle hints imply that Candie feels a mixture of envy and respect for all the culture that Schultz is shown to possess during the time they spend together. During their final confrontation, Candie expects Schultz to acknowledge his defeat and somehow recognize him as a Worthy Opponent (even though it was Stephen who unveiled Schultz and Django's plan and tipped Candie off about it), but Schultz not only completely refuses to comply, he even takes advantage of the fact that he no longer needs to lie to Candie about how much he utterly despises him. This last act of spite pushes Candie over the edge, and prompts him to try to humiliate Schultz by forcing him to shake his hand.
Disc-One Final Boss: To Schultz's Decoy Protagonist. Really, they're these tropes because of each other.
Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: Or cigarette holder. He likes both.
Evil Is Hammy: Rather than just admit he knows Django and Schultz are lying, he gives a lecture on the inferiority of black brains, then brings out the skull of his father's favorite slave and violently saws it in half so that he can disgust Django into giving up his cover. When this doesn't work, he threatens to bash Broomhilda's skull in with a hammer.
Evil Is Petty: He's already won his confrontation with Schultz, but he just has to rub in his victory with a snide gesture of courtesy; he insists that Schultz is obliged to shake his hand to make the deal official and simultaneously acknowledge Candie as a 'gracious host'. This display of petty arrogance gets both him and Schultz killed when Schultz shoots Candie out of wounded pride.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones:
- Perhaps the only thing preventing him from being an absolute monster is his attachment to his similarly vile head house slave Stephen. Despite believing black people to be literally subhuman, he genuinely likes and respects Stephen, valuing his advice and viewing him as a trusted mentor and even something of a father figure, and Stephen returns the favor.
- He also seems to love his sister very much, as he honors her request to not show Broomhilda's scars while at the dinner table and finds a way to send her far away from the dinner room so she wouldn't have to see him breaking Old Ben's skull and (possibly) Broomhilda's.
- Averted with his father. He jokes that he would have cut the old man’s throat if allowed.
Faux Affably Evil: He often acts like a proper gentleman, but when things don't go his way or he gets outsmarted, his demeanor goes very much this way. After Stephen exposes Django and Schultz's scheme, he maintains his facade in a rather more sinister tone to put them on edge, before flipping into Chewing the Scenery-level anger and threat-making and then alternating between the two states to scare everyone, during all of which he is never actually rude, and he never fails to use "mister" or "doctor" when addressing his fellow white men.
Feigning Intelligence: Candie pretends to be intelligent and educated, but doesn't speak a word of French despite being a Francophile, subscribes to the pseudoscience of phrenology (which had already been discredited, if not outright disproven at the time of the film), and doesn't even know that the author of one of his favorite novels, The Three Musketeers, is black.
Fluffy the Terrible: He's a racist, corrupt slaver named "Candie."
Foreign Culture Fetish: He has a fixation on French culture. However, it's shown to be a skin-deep, aesthetic one; he can't speak or understand the language, and doesn't know as much about France as he pretends to. Moguy even warns Schultz beforehand not to speak French in Candie's presence because being made aware of his ineptitude with the language will make him feel slighted.
Friendly Enemy: Attempted. Django is quite hostile to him, causing Candie to take an interest in him, but Django never returns his pleasantries. After he discovers his plot, Candie then decides Django isn't as special as he thought, calls him out as such, and ignores him for the rest of the film. He then tries this dynamic again with Schultz, the intelligent, charming man who nearly scammed him and previously returned his camaraderie. But, he then discovers that Schultz despises him as much as Django does.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: His cigarette holder as an Evil Smoking indicator.
Gratuitous French: He insists on being called "Monsieur Candie", which is extra gratuitous because, as the film notes, he cannot actually speak French and will feel offended if someone does in his presence.
Hate Sink: Despite his initial charm, over time it becomes more and more obvious that the intent of Candie as a character is to be despised as much as possible. His bigotry, snobbery, jerkassery, arrogance, and borderline sadism all make his undignified death all the more satisfying. Hell, even Leonardo DiCaprio himself claimed he was uncomfortable with the role, and Tarantino has stated that he's the only villain he's written that he actually hates.
Hypocrite: Shortly after calling Schultz a Sore Loser, Calvin exposes himself as one. Even though he's already won, Candie is so upset about his adversary getting the better of him in conversation that he then alters their arrangement to humiliate Schultz rather than let the losing party leave with the last word.
Idle Rich: He's wealthy and, as Stephen and to a lesser extent Lara Lee manage the plantation, Calvin is free to spend his time sleeping with "comfort girls", watching "Mandingo" slaves fight to the death, and fancying himself to be a sophisticated intellectual and a gentleman.
Incest Subtext: With his sister, Lara-Lee Candie. It has been speculated that Calvin killed Lara's husband due to his feelings for her. He is quite hammily enthusiastic when introducing her (see Large Ham below).
Insistent Terminology: He prefers to be called Monsieur Candie. Despite not being able to actually speak French. In a very subtle way, this leads to his death: being called "Mr." Candie by Schultz prompts Candie to try to rub it in by forcing Schultz to shake his hand... which puts Schultz over the edge.
Jerkass Has a Point: Candie is a despicable person all around, but he is on the money that Schultz is a bad loser. Indeed, Schultz's pride gets both of them killed, since he can't bring himself to shake Candie's hand and leave with Broomhilda.
Karmic Death: He gets shot in the chest by an angry Schultz for extorting $12,000 and a handshake from him, and sending a poor slave to be mauled by dogs.
Kick the Dog: Candie does this a lot, but among his biggest are having D'Artagnan torn apart by dogs, everything he does to Broomhilda, and his entire phrenology speech with the skull of his last Old Retainer, Old Ben.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: He certainly thinks himself a wise and cultured man, particularly with his love of French culture. However, he doesn't speak the language (guests are specifically advised not to speak French around him so as not to embarrass him), doesn't know his favorite French author Alexandre Dumas was black, and justifies his beliefs in racial superiority with pseudo-scientific phrenology (already discredited among scientists even at the time).
Large Ham: "WHERE IS MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER?!"
Major Injury Underreaction: He cuts his hand open while Schultz and Django are being held at gunpoint, but barely reacts, knowing he has to maintain control over the situation. This wasn't scripted — Leonardo DiCaprio accidentally cut his hand open while shooting the scene but barely reacted, knowing he had to stay in character.
Man of Wealth and Taste: He fancies himself as this. The "wealth" part is indisputable; the "taste" part is questionable.
Meaningful Name: His name is Candie, and, as noted below, he's got one gruesome set of teeth. He's also killed by a dentist.
Mutual Kill: Played with; by Schultz killing him with a shot to the heart, Butch gets an easy opportunity to shoot and kill Schultz...and does.
Mysterious Middle Initial: We never learn what "J" means.
Non-Indicative Name: For a man named Candie, he's anything but sweet.
Oh, Crap!: His face when Schultz shoots him.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Played with in that while he is this to a modern audience, the movie does take place two years before the Civil War — he's less politically incorrect by antebellum standards, but many of the other characters still find him extremely reprehensible.
Red Right Hand: His black and rotten teeth.
Scary Teeth: He has hideous rotten teeth as black as his heart.
Science Marches On: Deliberately invoked: he's an amateur phrenologist, which was discredited as a science even at the time the film takes place.
Sinister Sweet Tooth: Calvin Candie has a Meaningful Name. He's seen noshing on a whipped cream-covered drink at his club and white cake at home, and sports some spectacularly rotten teeth as a result. Notably, he becomes the enemy of Dr. King Schultz, kindhearted bounty hunter and dentist who "doesn't go in for sweets."
Slave to PR: Candie is a horrible human being, but he seeks to maintain his image above indulging in his sadism. When it's shown that Django and Schultz really do have the money they'd originally mentioned to buy Broomhilda from him, he is perfectly willing to sell her, with a full receipt for purchase. At that point, Candie could just as easily have had them both shot, and kept all of their money and Broomhilda for himself. Plus, it's clear after the money for payment was taken out of Schultz's wallet that the pair still have a large amount of money left. However, since Candie styles himself a gentleman, rather than a common thug or bandit, he abides by the letter of the agreement, even after he feels that he's been made a fool by the two of them.
Small-Town Tyrant: Though he prefers to cultivate the image of a Southern Gentleman, in the end Candie amounts only to one of these: a deeply racist, arrogant Southern slave-holding plantation owner who treats his slaves so cruelly he makes them fight to the death for sport, among other sadistic fates.
Smug Snake: Which leads to his death. He just can't resist rubbing it in Schultz's face that he got one over on the good doctor, insisting that they seal the sale of Broomhilda with a handshake. This leads to Schultz shooting Candie, even knowing that this would mean his own death too.
Southern Gentleman: Deconstructed. He stylizes himself as one, and is perfectly polite to white people. But, he considers black people inferior, even going so far as to try to "scientifically" justify his racism, and casually having his black slaves fight and get torn apart by wild dogs because it amuses him.
Stupid Crooks: He's less intelligent than he appears at first.
Tempting Fate: He insists on Schultz shaking his hand after their deal is done, denying its validity unless he does so. This leads to him getting shot.
Villain Has a Point: He calls Schultz a poor loser. Though he is an utterly deplorable jackass, he isn't wrong, as Schultz would rather shoot Candie, getting himself killed and putting Django and Brunhilde through more hell, than simply shake Candie's hand and leave safely with their main objective achieved after Candie gets the better of him.
Wicked Pretentious: While he has a liking for French culture and literature, he doesn't know how to speak French. Furthermore, he's completely ignorant of the fact that the author of his favourite book, The Three Musketeers, is part-black.
Worthy Opponent: How he wishes to be viewed, and how he seems to see Schultz. Though he gloats like a jackass over his victory, Candie does try to be friendly to the man, making it seem that he still enjoys and respects Schultz even after he came very close to ripping him off. However, Schultz returns none of this respect, seeing Candie as the abhorrent idiot that he is.

Stephen

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"He gon' stay in the big house!?"

Played by: Samuel L. Jackson
Voiced by: Pascal N'Zonzi (European French dub); René Sagastume (Sony dub), Gerardo Vásquez (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish); Yusaku Yara (Japanese)

Calvin Candie's old head house slave and close friend, he enjoys the power he has over the other slaves.

Alas, Poor Villain: Candie's death utterly devastates him.
Bald of Evil: He has very little hair on his head, and is very evil.
Beautiful Singing Voice: He belts out a lovely rendition of "In The Sweet By and By" on the way home from Calvin's funeral.
Big Bad Duumvirate: With Candie, despite seeming like he is Calvin's dragon. In fact, he could be considered the movie's true Big Bad.
Bond Villain Stupidity: Despite his portrayal as an evil genius, it's only because of him manipulating his masters into sending Django to the mines to give him a Fate Worse than Death when they were all just planning on killing him that Django is able to escape, come back, and kill them all.
Boomerang Bigot: The head house slave of Candieland, Stephen doesn't treat the slaves under him any better than the whites do, and he especially hates free black people like Django. This is emphatically not played for laughs, and he can be absolutely frightening at times. However, given Stephen's privilege and his extended freedom compared to other slaves in Candieland, it's not unreasonable to assume why Stephen would hold such views, as his position of power gives him greater control over the plantation than even Calvin himself. As one review notes:
And because his position demands it, Stephen is twice the white supremacist that Candie or his sister or any of their redneck underlings are. Indeed, given both his age (he claims to have been at Candieland for 76 years) and the duties of a house slave, there’s every reason to imagine that Stephen had the leading day-to-day role in raising Calvin — which would mean that Calvin came by his odious attitudes at least partially through Stephen’s own example! So when Django rides in on that horse, flouting every last rule of Southern society, Stephen is absolutely right to regard him as a threat and a natural enemy. And Tarantino is absolutely right to make Stephen Django’s ultimate opponent.
Captain Ersatz: Some have noted a resemblance between Stephen and Uncle Ruckus, although Jackson has insisted that Stephen was not intended to reference him.
Category Traitor: Every other black character in the movie hates him for profiting off of slavery as much as the white slaver whom he serves.
Chubby Chaser: He comments approvingly on the large woman Cora's "big ass".
Les Collaborateurs: He exploits all of the other slaves at Candieland for the sake of his own welfare.
The Consigliere: To Calvin. Truthfully, he pretty much runs the show.
Cruel Mercy: He's the only one arguing not to immediately kill Django when he's captured after Schultz kills Calvin, but only so they can subject him to a truly hellish Fate Worse than Death by selling him to the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company.
Curse Cut Short: "Django! You uppity son of a BI—! [explodes]"
Deadpan Snarker: His first scene has him engaging in Snark-to-Snark Combat with Candie, and his dry wit never runs out.
Death by Irony: After pretending to need a cane to walk, he throws it away knowing Django is going to kill him, only to get kneecapped first, crippling him for real.
Death Glare: He gives a heck of one to Django when he sees him ride in on a horse.
The Dragon: He acts the part of this to Candie, possibly out of self-preservation, though he does display a twisted sort of fondness for the man.
Dragon Ascendant: He outlives his master as a threat, and takes up de facto reign of Candyland with Lara as the technical owner.
Dragon-in-Chief: As the real brain behind Candieland, he's smarter than his master, and he's the one to ruin Schultz and Django's plans by deducing the nature of them through observation alone.
Establishing Character Moment: The first time we see him, he's methodically forging Candie's signature on various cheques. He then steps outside and smirks at seeing other black men lined up as slaves, only to stare in disbelief and then hatred at Django riding up on a horse. He then expresses his exasperation at Candie's insistence that Django, a black man, needs a guest room in the big house. While Candie reprimands him, it's clear he possesses more privilege then the other slaves.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He truly seems to care for Candie. This is not hard to believe, considering Stephen has been serving the Candie family for 76 years; he probably helped raise Calvin. Stephen is brought to tears when Schultz kills Candie, and his cold monologue to Django outlining the Fate Worse than Death he has planned makes it clear that his affection for Calvin was in no way feigned.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: When he explains the heroes' plan to Candie, he surmises that Broomhilda is probably Django's wife, thus giving him a reason for the ruse, but Stephen says he doesn't understand why Schultz would be helping him. It never occurs to him that a black man and a white man could simply be friends, and that Schultz would go to great lengths to help out his friend, which is quite ironic considering his own close relationship with Calvin.
Evil Old Folks: Stephen is 76 years old and is a truly nasty piece of work.
Face Death with Despair: Invoked. Django blows away his kneecaps and leaves him screaming in agony and uselessly swearing that Django will pay for what he's done before the dynamite Django rigged on the Candieland manor goes off.
Face Death with Dignity: He definitely tries to invoke it by dramatically dropping his cane and walking defiantly towards Django with open arms, but Django will have none of it, and opts to kneecap him instead, making it difficult for him to maintain the calm, proud composure he presumably intended to go out with.
Fate Worse than Death: He devises one. Instead of just killing Django, he has him sent off to to be a slave in a mining company, effectively negating everything Django's done on his journey.
Foreshadowing: As Schultz and Django are discussing the plan to infiltrate Candieland.
Django: A black slaver is lower than the head house nigger. And buddy, that's pretty fucking low.
Grumpy Old Man: He complains and grumbles extensively about "letting a nigger stay in the big house".
Happiness in Slavery: He's devoted to serving Candie, but it's also a Deconstructed Trope, in that he's only happy there because of the power he can use to lord over the rest of the slaves of Candieland.
Hate at First Sight: When Django rides up on that horse, you can just feel the hatred rolling off his Death Glare.
Hate Sink: Between his Boomerang Bigot outlook and his severely unforgiving cruelty towards his own people, he manages to rival, if not completely trump his master in sheer hatefulness. Samuel L. Jackson has, on record, said that he intended for Stephen to be the most hated black character ever seen on the silver screen.
Haughty Help: Stephen is a Boomerang Bigot and Bad Boss to the other butlers and maids in the house, and gets away with a lot of smartassery directed at Calvin. In fact, he is also implied to have been subtly manipulating Candie himself.
Hoist by His Own Petard: His idea to subject Django to the most long-lasting torture possible by selling him to LeQuint Dickey rather than immediately killing him gives Django the opportunity to escape and return to the plantation for revenge.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: He's technically Candie's slave, but he proves to be smarter and a much larger threat.
Inelegant Blubbering: His immediate reaction to Calvin's death, as well as getting his own kneecaps blown out.
Karmic Death: He gets kneecapped and perishes in the mansion's explosion set off by Django as payback for the horrible treatment he inflicted towards his own people.
Killed Mid-Sentence: When he gets shot in the legs and Django leaves, Stephen curses at him only for the dynamite to bring him and the house down mid-sentence.
Stephen: DJANGO!!!!! YOU UPPITY SON-OF-A- [cue explosion of the mansion]
Large Ham: He becomes this whenever he's flustered or upset, yelling at the top of his lungs in anger.
The Man Behind the Man: Notice how Stephen even writes checks and bills of sale on behalf of Candie? It's clear he's the true mastermind of Candyland and the one who is really in charge.
Magical Negro: He is a subverted evil version of this trope. He happens to be actually be more intelligent than his master, yet he remains servile to him while giving him great advice and insight to what’s really transpiring with Django and Schultz.
Manipulative Bastard: And how! He serves as the true power behind the throne, administering Calvin Candie's plantation, managing the staff, and basically serving as the brains behind running everything. And no one has a true clue as to this.
Meaningful Name: A reference to Stepin Fetchit, the stage name of comedian Lincoln Perry.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: The original script even had Stephen burning off Django's nipples.
Obfuscating Stupidity: He acts like an ass-kissing self-deprecating house slave out in public. In truth, he's extremely dangerous, cunning, and the real brains behind Candieland.
Old Retainer: Stephen has served the Candie family for many, many years.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Played with in that, while he is this to a modern audience, the movie does take place two years before the Civil War, and he is therefore in accordance with the values of his time.
Only One Name: Being a slave, he doesn't have a last name.
Profane Last Words: Stephen's life ends with him cursing at Django before he gets blown up.
The Quisling: He enjoys his position as a head house slave and the power it gives him over the other slaves.
Scary Black Man: Stephen (again played by Samuel L. Jackson), a sadistic black slave overseer (technically Calvin Candie's "head house slave", but still the second-in-command and above the other slaves). How much scary is he as a scary black man? To the point of bringing Django's enslaved wife to tears and say out loud that she's scared of him.
Stephen: Why's I'm scarin' you?
Broomhilda: [in tears] Because you scary.
Sherlock Scan: He observes the reactions between Broomhilda and Django at dinner to deduce that Django and Schultz are not actually trying to buy a Black slave fighter and are instead there to save Broomhilda.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Historically, he could very well be the first person to have used the word "motherfucker".
Skyward Scream: As the fuse burns down on both Candieland and his life, Stephen bellows one last defiance at the sky.
Stephen: DJANGOOOOOOO! YOU UPPITY SONOFA—
[BOOM]
Surrounded by Idiots: He expresses barely concealed annoyance and contempt at how the only punishments the Candieland staff and household could suggest to inflict upon Django for his part in killing Mr. Candie almost exclusively were variations upon Groin Attacks followed by execution. He especially agonizes over the fact that he had to hint three times that the fates of LeQuint Dickey Mining Company slaves are way worse than any of that before Mrs. Candie finally picked up on it.
Sycophantic Servant: He pretends to be like this in public. Behind closed doors, he's far smarter than his boss, and they both know it.
Uncle Tomfoolery: A dark and masterful invocation of the trope. He acts and dresses like a blackface minstrel stereotype in public, acting like little more than Candie's trained pet, repeating his lines and laughing at all his jokes like a buffoon. But in reality, he is an evil, cruel, and meticulous mastermind who runs the slave plantation himself, and only puts on the act to remain in Candie's top favor and thus in a better position than the rest of the slaves.
Undignified Death: Django blows out both his kneecaps and leaves him wallowing in agony for a minute before blowing him up while he rants deliriously.
Undying Loyalty: To Calvin.
Villainous Breakdown: After Django shoots him in the kneecaps, Stephen gets very loud and starts yelling in hysterics.
Visual Pun: Notice the blocking in the dinner scene. Calvin is seated at the head of the table while Stephen is standing behind his chair, standing slightly to the right; Stephen is Candie's right hand, yes, but he's also the power behind the throne.

Lara Lee

Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly

Played by: Laura Cayouette
Voiced by: Mariela Álvarez (Sony dub), Xóchitl Ugarte (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

The sister of Calvin Candie.

Affably Evil: While rather polite, she's a Stepford Smiler who is just as racist as her brother.
Age-Inappropriate Dress: It's subtle, but the dress she wears (revealing her neck and shoulders) would have been considered rather inappropriate for a widow in her forties, and is even more scandalous by the fact that what she is wearing is essentially eveningwear. Ladies were not supposed to show any skin before the evening.
Blown Across the Room: In the most ridiculous manner seen in a Spaghetti Western, to the point she isn't even blown at the right angle when shot. And this was done by a revolver, from across the room.
Even Evil Has Standards: Played with. She seems mildly disgusted when her brother proudly shows off Broomhilda's scars in the dinner scene, but it's not clear if the abuse itself offends her or if she thinks such things are simply not good table manners.
Glad I Thought of It: Heavily implied by Stephen in his talk with Django, as it took Stephen dropping several hints during the discussion about what to do with Django for Lara Lee to finally hit upon the bright idea to sell Django into the infamously horrific hands of an Australian mining company.
Incest Subtext: With Calvin.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: She (Stephen, really) comes up with the idea of sending a captured Django to a mine, where he'll be worked to death, stripped of his name, possibly have his tongue removed, and never be reunited with Broomhilda. Luckily, Django has other plans.
Karmic Death: She gets shot to death by Django for trying to sell him away to a slave mine.
Proper Lady: A Deconstruction of the trope, as she appears to be a genteel upper-class woman, but is complicit in the system of slavery and thinks nothing of completely destroying Django's dignity after he kills her brother.
Southern Belle: Calvin specifically introduces her as one, and on the surface she is indeed a rich white woman who lives on a Southern slave plantation. However, she also deconstructs this trope, as she is perfectly fine with and in some cases directly enables all the horrors of slavery that go on at Candieland.
Spanner in the Works: Lara Lee is actually the one who first notices Hildi's tension with Django, and it's her lighthearted jest about it that draws Stephen's attention to them enough for him to work out the rest. It's possible that the plan would have gone off without a hitch had she not noticed or not chosen to joke about it.
Stepford Smiler: It comes with the Southern Belle territory.

Billy

Billy Crash

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"Oh, I'm gonna go walking in the moonlight with you."

Played by: Walton Goggins
Voiced by: Martín Gopar (Sony dub), Carlo Vázquez (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

One of Candie's most trusted henchmen. While not very bright, he is very ruthless.

Ambiguously Gay: Crash walks with a distinctive swaying gait and loose wrists, and lingers his finger on Django's nuts just a second too long for comfort. He also constantly makes "sarcastically" romantic remarks towards Django, such as saying he wishes to "walk in the moonlight" with him after he throws Hoop off his horse.
The Brute: He’s here to shoot people, not make plans.
Combat Pragmatist: When Django starts shooting up Candieland, he is the only gunman smart enough to duck and run for cover. He also takes Broomhilda hostage to prevent Django from committing any further violence.
Composite Character: There were originally two named henchmen — dimwitted Billy Crash and sadistic Ace Woody. Ace was meant to be played by Kurt Russell. Ace's part was then reduced and reduced until Kurt Russell left the movie, and Ace's character was combined with Billy to produced the vile and dimwitted Billy Crash we have today.
The Dragon: He is promoted to this for Stephen and the remaining Candie family after Calvin's death.
Groin Attack: After Django is captured, Billy prepares to castrate him before he is stopped by Stephen. The next time they see each other, Django shoots Crash in his [BANG].
Jerkass: He's very rude and condescending towards Django.
Karmic Death: He gets shot several times by Django for attempting to castrate him.
Mook Lieutenant: This is his role until the first shootout at Candieland, at which point he becomes The Dragon.
Perma-Stubble: He's always got a little stubble at all times, which doubles as a Beard of Evil.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Same as all of the other bad guys, as appropriate for slavers in mid-19th century America.
Slasher Smile: He sports one when menacing Django with the yellow-hot knife after he kills Candie.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: He never raises his voice above a low mumble, even when about to castrate Django with a hot knife.
Torture Technician: After Django is captured, Billy is fully prepared to castrate Django, with the obvious implication that he's done this before. It's only because Billy takes his time that Django manages to get out unscathed.

Butch

Butch Pooch

Played by: James Remar
Voiced by: Gustavo Dardés (Sony dub), José Luis Miranda (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

Candie's shotgun-toting personal bodyguard.

Dastardly Dapper Derby: He wears a black bowler hat at all times, which gives him a decidedly sinister look.
The Dragon: To Candie, in a more traditional sense than Stephen. He's Candie's mostly-silent muscle, and is the one to complete the not-quite-Mutual Kill after Schultz shoots Candie.
Even Evil Has Standards: He's fully complicit in Candie's horrific treatment of the slaves. That said, he subtly averts his eyes from the death of Luigi during the Mandingo fight.
Hero Killer: He guns down Schultz in revenge for Candie's death.
Irony: Due to Butch Pooch being the one who kills Schultz, and Schultz shooting Ace Speck at the beginning, we have the irony of Christoph Waltz killing James Remar in the beginning of the movie, and then later, James Remar killing him back.
Karmic Death: He gets shot to death by an angry Django for murdering Schultz, who happens to be Django's beloved mentor.
Never Bareheaded: He wears his bowler hat all the time, even indoors, which Django knows is not proper etiquette.
Psycho for Hire: He quite enjoys his position as Candie’s enforcer.
The Quiet One: He doesn't have much dialogue.
Sawed-Off Shotgun: His weapon, which he holds on Django and Schultz, uses to threaten Broomhilda, and kills Schultz with.
Shotguns Are Just Better: He's the only person in the film that wields a shotgun.
The Stoic: He always has the same emotionless expression no matter what.

Moguy

Leonide Moguy

Played by: Dennis Christopher
Voiced by: Gustavo Ciardullo (Sony dub), Nicolás Frias (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

Candie's trusted lawyer.

Affably Evil: He seems like a polite man but is complicit in the evils of Candyland.
Amoral Attorney: He seems nice enough at first, but he has absolutely zero problems with his employer's brutal behaviour.
Beard of Evil: He's not exactly evil, but is racist and rude at times, and has a neatly-trimmed beard.
Butt-Monkey: His protracted, painful, undignified death lands him here.
Cruel and Unusual Death: He writhes in agony on the ground after being shot in the back, and even takes two more bullets before he dies.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He wears a pair of spectacles and is an Amoral Attorney.
In the Back: He's fatally shot three times in the back.
Kick the Dog: Did he really have to call Django a "jackass' after relieving him of his weapon after the scheme fell apart?
"Not So Different" Remark: Django notes that Moguy essentially being raised by Candie's father to be the family's lawyer is not very far removed from being a slave.
Number Two: He’s arguably the (officially) highest-ranking member of Candie’s inner circle.
Politically Incorrect Villain: To a slightly lesser extent than his boss, but nonetheless, he is the lawyer for the fourth-biggest plantation owner in Mississippi circa the mid-19th century.

Cora

Played by: Dana Gourrier

A house slave that serves as Stephen's second.

Expy: Of Hattie McDaniel's role of Main in Gone with the Wind.
Mammy: Physically, though averted in that she's Stephen's lover.
Happiness in Slavery: While not on the same level of power as Stephen, she still clearly enjoys her higher position at Candyland, as she's able to give orders to other slaves and oversee the dinner preparations. She also appears to be treated slightly better, as she's allowed to attend Calvin's funeral and is politely asked by Lara to prepare her some coffee afterwards.
Number Two: To Stephen.
Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Django coaxes her into saying, "Bye, Miss Lara!"
Token Good Teammate: Downplayed; while not exactly heroic, she seems to be the only one of Candie’s associates who doesn’t actively antagonize Django.

Sheba

"I know you didn't mean me."

Played by: Nichole Galicia
Voiced by: Luciana Kalaydijan (Sony dub), Paulina Soto (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

A house slave that serves as Candie's mistress/companion.

Category Traitor: She's quite pleased with her lofty position as Candie's mistress. Unlike the other slaves witnessing the fight at the Cleopatra club, she's dismissive of the suffering of Luigi as he's incapacitated and killed by Big Fred.
Les Collaborateurs: It’s clear that she sold out her fellow slaves to benefit herself as one of Candie’s favored house slaves.
Dark Mistress: Established mostly by Word of God. We never actually see anything happen between her and Candie.
Dirty Coward: She would rather secure herself a comfy position as house slave instead of even trying to help her fellow slaves who regularly suffer Candie’s abuse.
Even Evil Has Standards: She's indifferent to her fellow house slaves, but when she sees 'black-slaver' Django, she grabs her drink and moves away from him.
Happiness in Slavery: Much like Stephen, she seems happy to have eked out a relatively comfortable life for herself in a country that preys, exploits and kills black people in the name of status and profit.
Meaningful Name: She's named after Queen of Sheba (modern Nubia and Ethiopia).
Sex Slave: She's a slave that Candie keeps around for her good looks, and likely other reasons.
Southern Belle: She has an exceptionally strong southern accent and lacks the standard twang most black people speak with. It's likely she intentionally tries to sound as white as possible.

Coco

Played by: Danielle Watts

A slave in the Cleopatra Club who works as a maid.

French Maid: Her routine; she even greets people with bonjour. Her master Calvin Candie is himself a Francophile.
French Maid Outfit: It's her uniform at the Cleopatra Club.
Meido: Her character is closer to this than the usually sassy French Maid trope, acting submissive yet perky and even child-like .
Sex Slave: Very likely, but not implied as explicitly as with Broomhilda.
Stepford Smiler: It’s clear that she doesn’t enjoy her lot in life at all, but she keeps a lid on it to avoid Candie’s wrath. The facade is briefly broken when she witnesses Fred killing Luigi.

Roscoe

Played by:

A slave in the Cleopatra Club who works as a bartender.

Death Glare: He gives Django, whom he believes to be a black slaver, a noticeable one whilst he stands at his bar.
Stepford Smiler: Whilst his "job" as a bartender is more comfortable than most positions that slaves would find themselves in, as a victim of slavery it's still made clear he despises his masters and anyone else who would indulge in the practice, as seen when giving Django (who he's been told is a black slaver) a very noticeable Death Glare. He also has a very distressed look on his face when Big Fred kills Luigi.

Vessepi

Amerigo Vessepi

Played by: Franco Nero
Voiced by: Martín De Renzo (Sony dub), Eduardo Fonseca (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish); Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese)

A member of the Cleopatra Club involved in mandingo fights.

The Cameo: For Franco Nero, the original Django.
Famous-Named Foreigner: His name is a blatant reference to Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer after whom the American continent was named.
Gratuitous Italian: He screams at his mandingo fighter in Italian during the fight.
Mythology Gag: The entire reason for his appearance, especially when he tells Django that he knows how his name is pronounced because, well, it's kind of his name too.
Remake Cameo: Meet the original Django himself, ladies and gents!
Sharp-Dressed Man: He wears a tasteful suit with a cravat.

Trackers

Candyland Trackers

Played by: David Steen, Zoë Bell, Michael Bowen, Robert Carradine, Jake Garber, Ted Neeley, James Parks, and Tom Savini

A gang of hillbilly dog handlers led by Mr. Stonecipher, hired by Candie to track down runaway slaves.

All There in the Manual: According to leaked script and early casting news, the trackers' names are Jake, Lex, Stu, Cheney, Catfish, and Peg. Only Stonecipher and Jake are named in the movie.
Beard of Evil: Stonecipher, Jake, Cheney, and Catfish sport them.
The Cameo: Pretty much the entire troupe of actors who play them are Tarantino regulars.
Death Glare: They all give one to Django as he rides by on his horse.
Deep South: Out of all the Southerners in the film, they are definitely the deepest.
Evil Cripple: Lex is hunchbacked.
Facial Horror: Both Zoe Bell and Sharen Davis (the film's chief costume designer) have said that Bell's character wore a scarf covering half of her face because the character was meant to be lacking her entire jaw. A big reveal scene of the horrific facial injury was planned, but never filmed.
Gentle Giant: Jake doesn't seem to enjoy watching people being ripped to pieces by dogs, and he builds a birdhouse while his friends play poker with human ears instead of poker chips.
Groin Attack: Django shoots Stonecipher's genitals off.
"Not So Different" Remark: They're the subject of one by Candie, who brags to his guests that since they're uncultured white trash, they're well-suited to handling slaves. This sort of aristocratic disdain was common among Southern planters at the time; the trackers may get off on the power they hold over black people, but it doesn't earn them any respect from their employer.
Perma-Stubble: Lex and Stu sport some.

Bennett Plantation

Big Daddy

Spencer "Big Daddy" Bennett

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"Now unless they start shooting first, nobody shoot 'em. That's way too simple for these jokers."

Played by: Don Johnson
Voiced by: Hernán Bravo (Sony dub), José Luis Orozco (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish); Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese)

A plantation owner and slaver, and the current employer of the Brittle brothers.

Beard of Evil: He's a racist and cruel man with an impressive beard.
Deadpan Snarker: He comes across as having a dry wit.
Faux Affably Evil: He's very friendly towards Django and Schultz once they offer him a lot of money, but later tries to kill them for taking the lives of his new overseers.
Jerkass: There’s nothing remotely pleasant about him at all.
Karmic Death: He gets killed by Django and Schultz in his attempt at a raid to lynch them in their sleep.
The Klan: He leads a chapter of the Regulators, a precursor of the infamous Ku Klux Klan, though rather incompetently, it seems.
Large Ham: Especially during the scene where he's trying to get the rest of the Regulators organized.
Light Is Not Good: He wears a white suit, and is definitely evil.
Politically Incorrect Villain: If being a slaveowner and proto-Klan leader doesn’t qualify him as one...
Revenge Before Reason: When Django and Schultz kill the Brittle Brothers, he could have simply cut his losses and hired three more overseers to replace them, but he can't let go of the notion of a "killer nigger" getting the best of him and his, and set out with his Regulators to kill him and Schultz, which leads to him getting killed.
Southern Gentleman: Like Candie, this notion is deconstructed. He is, however, the current page image for the trope.
- Johnson appears to have developed a penchant for this role, playing a similar character in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017), as well as HBO's Watchmen.
Surrounded by Idiots: He definitely seems to feel this way about the Regulators he leads.
Too Dumb to Live: For all his frustration with the Regulators’ incompetence, he’s not much brighter, despite being their leader. As such, he leads them all to their death without even realizing it.
Villain in a White Suit: He wears a crisp white suit. He likes to think of himself as a sophisticated aristocrat, but he's actually barbaric thug who engages in violence, slavery (including sex slavery), and bloodsport, although he behaves genteelly for much of the movie.

Big John

John 'Big John' Brittle

"I like the way you beg, boy."

Played by: MC Gainey
Voiced by: Marcos Abadi (Sony dub), Julián Lavat (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

The oldest Brittle brother, and seemingly their leader.

As the Good Book Says...: Big John snarls out selected quotes from the Bible to intimidate the slaves he oversees, and has pages of it sewn to his clothes.
Beard of Evil: As his character image above shows, he has a beard, and he's evil.
Didn't See That Coming: When Django kills him, Big John doesn't look scared or in pain. He just looks surprised, as if he can't quite believe that a slave he never gave a second thought to hunted him down and put a bullet in his dark heart.
Disproportionate Retribution: He has a young slave girl whipped for accidentally breaking eggs.
Fat Bastard: He's pretty mean, and a pretty large man.
Jerkass: He's a slave overseer for hire who needlessly and cruelly harms slaves who make even the slightest mistake in his presence, and feels exactly zero remorse.
Karmic Death: He's killed by a slave he once abused and tortured. Django even throws the line he used on him back in his face. "I like the way you die, boy."
Politically Incorrect Villain: Due to being a sadistic racist.
Psycho for Hire: His chosen profession is plantation overseer rather than assassin or mercenary, but it's very clear that his main motivation for being in his line of work is the control and license to hurt others it provides.
Religious Bruiser: Big John covers his body in pages torn from the Bible.
Starter Villain: Django's main goal in the first third of the movie is to kill him and his brothers.
This Cannot Be!: He gets a stunned look on his face that screams this when Django shoots him at point-blank range.
Token Motivational Nemesis: Big John, along with his other brothers, were responsible for Django and Broomhilda's whipping, and the branding of Broomhilda.
Whip of Dominance: He's the slave overseer of the Carrucan plantation where Django and Broomhilda once were, is a major sadist and racist who seems to take special joy in wielding his whip and enjoys personally giving A Taste of the Lash to slaves that make even trivial mistakes, such as whipping a young woman for breaking eggs. When Django gets hold of his whip after gunning him down, he wastes no time in using it in a retributive fashion on Little Roger Brittle before gunning him down too.

Lil Raj

Roger 'Lil Raj' Brittle

Played by: Cooper Huckabee
Voiced by: Jorge Riveros (Sony dub), Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

The clumsy middle Brittle brother.

Jerkass: See his older brother's entry.
Karmic Death: Not only does Django kill him with his own fumbled gun, but he also takes Big John's whip to him in vengeance for what he did to Broomhilda.
Hoist by His Own Petard: He's killed with his own gun.
Psycho for Hire: Again, see his older brother's entry.
Starter Villain: Django's main goal in the first third of the movie is to kill him and his brothers.
Token Motivational Nemesis: He's the bastard who put the four whip scars on Broomhilda and possibly Django's back, as well as possibly the branding on both of their cheeks.

Ellis

Ellis Brittle

Played by: Doc Duhame

The youngest Brittle brother.

Beard of Evil: He's a slave overseer, and he has a beard.
Dirty Coward: Brave enough when facing slaves afraid of him, he cuts and runs the instant his brothers buy it at Django's hands. For all the good it does him.
Eyepatch of Power: Averted, given he is a dirty coward, but he does have an eyepatch.
Jerkass: See his eldest brother's entry.
Karmic Death: He is the only Brittle not to die at Django's hands, but his death still lands here due to Django pointing him out to Schultz for him to shoot down in ridiculously badass fashion.
Psycho for Hire: Again, see his eldest brother's entry.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He tries to do this after his brothers are killed, fleeing through the cotton fields on a horse. All this does is put him in Schultz's cross-hairs.
Starter Villain: Django's main goal in the first third of the movie is to kill him and his brothers.
Token Motivational Nemesis: For Django, along with the other Brittles.

Bag Heads

Awesome, but Impractical: The bag masks look intimidating, but it's impossible to see through them due to the loose cloth and tiny holes, all of them having been made in a short timespan by a single woman. Robert suggests doing away with them this time and making better masks next time before Big Daddy shoots this idea down.
The Cameo: Big Daddy's right hand man is this for Jonah Hill.
Creator Cameo: Robert is one for Quentin Tarantino.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Willard gets upset when his comrades insult his wife Jenny's hard work, and leaves the raid after one insult too many.
No Name Given: Jonah Hill's character's name is never revealed, even though he's one of the few to show his face.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Not exactly sympathetic given they're based off the KKK, but there is something amusing about the way they fumble about with their masks (and Willard getting upset because the rest don't appreciate his wife's handiwork).
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Willard does this when his comrades complain about the masks.
Willard: Well, fuck all y'all! I'm goin' home! Now, I watched my wife work all day gettin' thirty bags together for you ungrateful sons-a-bitches, and all I can hear is criticize, criticize, criticize! From now on, don't ask me or mine for nothin'!
- The other Bag Heads do this after Schultz sets off the explosive.
Take That!: They are a mockery of The Klan.

Daughtrey, TX

Tatum

U.S. Marshal Gill Tatum

Played by: Tom Wopat
Voiced by: Alvaro Pandelo (Sony dub), Jesse Conde (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

A U.S. Marshal based at the town of Daughtrey, Texas.

Reasonable Authority Figure: Both ways. When a stranger shows up in town and guns down a fellow lawman, he takes plenty of time to ensure route every escape is covered and takes great care to not underestimate the stranger and put his Posse at risk. Though he promises that "no-one cheats the hangman in my town", he is still willing to hear the perp out. He also apparently pays out the bounty when Schultz has explained the situation.
U.S. Marshal: He wears a star and is referred to as "marshal". It's not a huge leap.

Sharp

Sheriff Bill Sharp

Played by: Don Stroud
Voiced by: Gustavo Dardés (Sony dub), Julián Lavat (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

The Sheriff of Daughtrey.

Evil Old Folks: He’s an elderly, wanted criminal posing as a sheriff.
Killed Mid-Sentence: "Now, why y'all wanna come into my town and start trouble? And scare all these nice people? You ain't got nothin' better to do than to come into Bill Sharp's town and show your ass—"
Retired Monster: He stopped rustling cattle to become a sheriff.
Retired Outlaw: He is in fact the man Schultz is in town to collect the bounty on.
The Sheriff: He is the man who shows up when Schultz asks for the sheriff, and he wears a badge, so...
Villain with Good Publicity: The whole town loved him, and pretty much everyone is eager to kill Schultz for shooting him dead until they learn he was once a cattle-rustler.
Walking Spoiler: Downplayed, as while he does not have much impact on the plot as a whole, learning about who he is takes the shock out of the scene where King Schultz suddenly guns him down.

Other Characters

Carrucan

Curtis Carrucan

"You got sand, Django. Boy's got sand...I got no use for a nigger with sand."

Played by: Bruce Dern
Voiced by: Ariel Abadi (Sony dub), Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

One of Django's former owners, who sold Django and Broomhilda separately after the couple attempted to run away from him.

Alliterative Name: His first and last names both start with C.
Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: Shades like that don't really belong in a time period any further back than the 1960s.
Beard of Evil: He has a white goatee, and is a slaveowner.
The Cameo: For the formidable Bruce Dern, growling every word.
Evil Is Petty: Carrucan sells Django and Broomhilda separately to split them up, and even has Django sold 'cheap'.
Evil Old Folks: He's an older fellow, but still evil to the core.
Faux Affably Evil: He pleasantly implies that he admires Django's bravery before cruelly dismissing it: "Ya got sand Django... boy's got sand! I got no use for a nigger with sand."
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Carrucan wears a pair of nifty shades, perhaps to disguise the evil in his eyes.
Greater-Scope Villain: He's the one that indirectly leads to the entire rest of the film by virtue of being Django's former owner, but isn't really hunted down as an afterthought by Django.
In-Universe Nickname: "Old Man Carrucan".
Karma Houdini: Gets no real comeuppance for selling off Django and Broomhilda separately to split them apart. It's still possible Django may go after him in future however.
Kick the Dog: Separating Django and Broomhilda from each other... and ordering the Brittle brothers to sell Django cheap.
The Unfought: Django never takes revenge against him, even though he's arguably more responsible for his plight than the Brittle brothers.

Smitty Bacall

One of Schultz's bounty hunting victims, who killed multiple people during a robbery and is therefore wanted dead or alive. He's only ever seen on screen from a great distance, but his crimes are still discussed.

Alas, Poor Villain: The fact that his son is farming with him during his last moments may imply that he was trying to leave his past behind him, and from what is seen, he seems like a good dad. The kid's reaction is the cherry on the top as well, saying in a shocked tone, "Pa? Pa?!", further implying that he may have redeemed himself.
Retired Monster: Went from a murderous stagecoach robber to a simple farmer and family man. Didn't stop the law from catching up to him.
Small Role, Big Impact: The man himself is only onscreen long enough to get shot from a nearby hilltop, but the handbill for his bounty is the tool that allows Django to escape from the LeQuint Dickey slavers and enact his revenge on Candieland.

Speck Brothers

Ace and Dicky Speck

Played by: James Remar and James Russo
Voiced by: Alejandro Gómez and Jorge Riveros (Sony dub), Carlos Águila and Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. (Starz dub) (Latin American Spanish)

Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Dicky desperately pleads with his captives to spare his life and tries to bargain with them, to no avail.
Asshole Victim: They're cruel and rude slave owners, so nobody feels bad after their deaths.
Boom, Headshot!: The manner of their death. Courtesy of Schultz and the slaves respectively.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Ricky loses it when Ace dies, and he's even more upset when Django steals his jacket from his dead body.
Karmic Death: Dicky gets killed by his former slaves.
Pet the Dog: Dicky apparently gave his last apple to a slave once. Doesn't stop them from killing him.
Politically Incorrect Villain: As with every other villain in the film, they are this, due to being slavers with all the casual racism that entails.
Punch-Clock Villain: Dicky claims to be one, and it may or may not be true that (compared to other slavers) he's actually right. Not that it does him any good when the slaves are handed freedom on a silver platter and he's the only one standing (or lying, screaming under a horse) in the way.

Sheriff Gus

Played by: Lee Horsley

Deadpan Snarker: Upon being confronted by Django and Schultz's latest haul of bounties, he simply shrugs and says to leave them outside:
"They ain't going nowhere."
Nice Guy: In a film full of racist white men, he's the only one other than Schultz that treats Django with equal respect. And in a time when eating or drinking with someone of another race was taboo, he nevertheless invites both Schultz and Django in out of the 'snowy-snow' for some coffee and cake.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Whilst initially he doesn't know the men that Django and Schultz bring to him, he nonetheless accepts their word on the matter.
The Sheriff: Specifically, the one with whom Django and Schultz spend their winter bounty hunting.

LeQuint Dickey Miners

Employees of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company

Played by: Quentin Tarantino (Frankie), John Jarratt (Floyd), Michael Parks (Roy)

Australian miners who exploit slave labor. Stephen sells Django to them to get him out of the way.

Actually Pretty Funny: They have a good laugh when Django does an impression of their accent.
Bad Boss: Let's just say that worker safety is not their top priority.
Beard of Evil: Floyd has a short beard, while Roy has notable Perma-Stubble.
Big, Thin, Short Trio: Frankie is heavyset, Floyd is skin-and-bones, and Roy is just slightly shorter than the other two.
Creator Cameo: Once again, Tarantino cameos in one of his films as a stupid and unpleasant character who dies horribly.
The Dreaded: As part of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company, they are infamous for the particularly brutal ways they treat their slaves.
Evil Old Folks: They ain't exactly spring chickens, as evidenced by the gray hair and beards on two of them (and Tarantino himself was approaching middle-age when he played the youngest-looking of the three)
Fate Worse than Death: As Stephen explains to Django, working for them is some particularly brutal torment, which is why Stephen sells Django to them instead of killing him directly:
Stephen: And as a slave of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company, henceforth until the day you die, all day, every day, you will be swingin' a sledgehammer, turnin' big rocks into little rocks. Now, when you get there, they gonna take away your name, give you a number and a sledgehammer, and say, "Get to work!" One word of sass, they cuts out your tongue. And they good at it, too. You won't bleed out. Oh, they does that real good. They gonna work ya all day, every day 'till your back give out. Then, they gonna hit you in the head with a hammer and throw your ass down the nigger hole.
Fat Bastard: Frankie is notably well-fed, but no less sadistic than the others.
Faux Affably Evil: Their chummy and laid-back attitudes actually accentuate their monstrous disregard for basic human rights.
Greed: They're motivated primarily by financial gain; they regularly work their slaves to death in the mines to get as much profit out of them as possible, and they accept Django's proposition to split a massive bounty with them in exchange for his freedom.
Juggling Loaded Guns: When Roy holds the captured slaves at gunpoint, he uses his gun barrel to push up the brim of his hat — and with his finger on the trigger.
Karmic Death: These particularly brutal slavers get gunned down — and, in Frankie's case, blown the fuck up — by their most recently captured slave.
Land Down Under: They're Australian, and have the outrageous accents to show for it.
Lean and Mean: Floyd is skinny as a rail, and no less sadistic than the others.
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: American Michael Parks made very little effort to affect an Australian accent for the role.
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Tarantino's Australian accent isn't very consistent, but still better than Parks'.
Politically Incorrect Villain: As with every other villain in the movie, they are violently racist.
Sadist: If Stephen's description of their usual activities is any indication, they enjoy breaking their slaves in every way.
Too Dumb to Live: They actually fall for Django's ploy to get them to free him, taking him at his word for everything he tells them and even giving him a gun the moment they release him from his bonds. Of course, they all die for their foolishness.

Characters / Django Unchained

Main Characters

Django Freeman

Dr. King Schultz

Broomhilda von Shaft

Candyland

Calvin J. Candie

Stephen

Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly

Billy Crash

Butch Pooch

Leonide Moguy

Cora

Sheba

Coco

Roscoe

Amerigo Vessepi

Candyland Trackers

Bennett Plantation

Spencer "Big Daddy" Bennett

John 'Big John' Brittle

Roger 'Lil Raj' Brittle

Ellis Brittle

Bag Heads

Daughtrey, TX

U.S. Marshal Gill Tatum

Sheriff Bill Sharp

Other Characters

Curtis Carrucan

Ace and Dicky Speck

Sheriff Gus

Employees of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company

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Django Freeman

Dr. King Schultz

Broomhilda von Shaft

Candyland

Calvin J. Candie

Stephen

Lara Lee Candie-Fitzwilly

Billy Crash

Butch Pooch

Leonide Moguy

Cora

Sheba

Coco

Roscoe

Amerigo Vessepi

Candyland Trackers

Bennett Plantation

Spencer "Big Daddy" Bennett

John 'Big John' Brittle

Roger 'Lil Raj' Brittle

Ellis Brittle

Bag Heads

Daughtrey, TX

U.S. Marshal Gill Tatum

Sheriff Bill Sharp

Other Characters

Curtis Carrucan

Ace and Dicky Speck

Sheriff Gus

Employees of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company

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