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Tina Williams

Played By: Wendy Kaplan

Appearances: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

"I'm never sensible if I can help it TEHEHEHE!"

Rachel's best friend in the fifth film. Tina is a foil to the level headed Rachel, being very loud and prone to bad choices, although she does have a good heart.

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• Aborted Arc: Although Tina appears to die in Halloween 5, according to the book Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels, Wendy Kaplan was in consideration to reprise her role as Tina in the sixth film. This likely would have meant the character would have been Only Mostly Dead.
• Affectionate Nickname: She calls her best friend Samantha "Sammy" and her boyfriend Mike "Mikey". She is the only one to call either of them by these names.
• All for Nothing: While Tina did save Jamie from Michael, considering the pair were captured later that night and Jamie ended up getting killed by her uncle anyway, her sacrifice can seem null and void.
• All Girls Want Bad Boys: Tina falls for the shades-wearing, brooding, car-obsessed Mike.
• All-Loving Hero: Although she proclaims that she hates cats, she's shown to be friendly toward them along with Jamie's dog Max.
• Alone with the Psycho: Michael, disguised as her boyfriend Mike, is able to get Tina alone and in his car. She only gets away from him due to her insistence to stop at a gas station and the cops arriving to locate her at Jamie's request.
• Aloof Ally: She is this to Jamie, Loomis, and the Haddonfield police, as all remember what Michael did in 4 but she constantly shows little to no interest in taking the threat he poses toward her seriously enough to heed their warnings. A primary example is when she comes back to the clinic and tucks Jamie in, disregarding her warnings on account of her age and even calling Loomis "creepy" for filling her head with such claims.
• Ambiguous Situation: Whether Michael ever intended to kill Tina. Seeing as how he doesn't try attacking her when they're alone in her boyfriend's car and even after she finds the corpses of his victims at the Tower Farm party, it can be surmised he might have been uninterested or waiting for her usefulness to run out, though this is still dubious since he tries killing both Billy and Jamie and only kills Tina when she gets in his way.
• Ambiguously Absent Parent: Tina's parents are never mentioned throughout the film.
• Angst? What Angst?: The last thing a concerned-looking Tina sees, at the end of her first visit to Jamie in the film, is a rock thrown through the young girl's window with a message insisting that she must die. In her next scene, she's seen playing with Max and telling Rachel about a party.
• Animal Lover: Zigzagged. She likes Jamie's dog Max, but declares that she hates cats after playing with them.
• Auto Erotica: She tells Sam that she and Mike enjoy doing it in the car.
• Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Although Tina teases and speaks negatively of Mike both to his face and away from him, she does seem to enjoy spending time with him and they share a passionate kiss after she briefly scares him with a mask.
• Awesomeness by Analysis: When she is grabbed by officers at the gas station so that they may bring her back to the clinic, she correctly surmises that something has happened to Jamie, who had entered a convulsion after Tina was picked up by Michael posing as her murdered boyfriend.
• Awkward Kiss: With Mike after he picks her up from her house. Despite not realizing this is Michael, she does feel weirded out enough by it to comment on it not feeling right.
• The Atoner: The weekend before 5, Tina and Mike did something to Samantha that makes her reluctant to get in the latter's car. While Tina is remorseful, Mike smiles as he denies feeling bad about his role in disenfranchising her.
• Badass Cape: The stylish one on her Halloween costume.
• Badass Normal: Although she's mostly a carefree party girlgive her credit for outrunning Michael's car and managing to temporarily stop him from attacking Jamie at the cost of her own life.
• Being Good Sucks: Unlike many other characters, most of her shortcomings happen in a day. There's the time her boyfriend was murdered by Michael, then her best friend and her boyfriend were killed, then that time Michael was trying to run her over before Jamie made her presence known, and then Tina giving her life to stop Jamie from getting killed.
• Being Watched: Tina looks back at the Carruthers house with a prolonged stare as she leaves with Sam. Her suspicions are correct, as Michael was in the house and had just killed Rachel.
• Berserk Button:
  • It seems to be ignoring her or denying her something she wants. When Michael posing as Mike doesn't stop the car initially, she angrily tells him to stop the car and even insults him after she gets out.
  • In a similar vein to Rachel Tina is infuriated by Michael attempting to kill Jamie, and goes from a carefree party girl to chasing after Michael's car to protect Jamie in a heartbeat.
• Bickering Couple, Peaceful Couple: She and Mike are the Bickering Couple to Sam and Spitz's Peaceful Couple. They are more inclined to argue or show hostility toward each other due to their different personalities while Sam and Spitz are never shown arguing and seem to just enjoy each other's company.
• Big Damn Kiss: Tina and Mike have one in his car after she scares him with a mask.
• Big Damn Reunion: Has this with Jamie after she comes back to the clinic and Jamie recovers from her convulsion.
• Big Good: Tina is this to Jamie, as the latter is cheered up by her presence and actively worries about Tina when she is away. While Tina may not fight against Michael as hard as Rachel or Loomis have, she shares their care for Jamie nonetheless, and gives her life to protect the girl.
• Big Sister Instinct: She is protective toward both Jamie and Billy when Michael tries hurting them, even giving her life for one of them.
• Birds of a Feather:
  • With Rachel. Neither are biologically related to Jamie but care about her as much as they would a family member and bring Jamie great joy when they visit her at the clinic.
  • With Samantha. Both are teenage girls in relationships with boys and want to have fun on Halloween night.
  • With Billy. Both are dark-haired friends of Jamie that care so greatly for her well-being that they are willing to endanger themselves to be with her or keep her safe.
• Black Comedy: In a town that has gone through two separate Michael Myers murder sprees in the last ten years, Tina joins Sam and Spitz in playing a prank on the officers that came with Tina to the Tower Farm party where the girls run from Spitz while he's dressed as Michael.
• Blue Is Heroic: Wears a blue jacket for the first act of the film and is one of the movie's main protagonists.
• Break the Cutie: Unlike most of Michael's victims Tina doesn't suffer an Instant Death Stab, so her final moments are spent laying on the ground bleeding to death and tearfully pleading at Jamie and Billy to run, living long enough to realise that Jamie is still in danger of falling victim to her uncle despite her efforts to save her.
• Butt-Monkey: In the span of a few days, Tina loses her best friends, her boyfriend, and her life.
• Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Attending the Tower Farm party, and thereby defying the wishes of both Jamie and Loomis for her to remain at the clinic results in Michael getting closer to her and her friends and ultimately murdering all of them.
• Character Development: She starts off taking the threat of Michael not seriously. After seeing what he did to her friends and cops, she's much more proactive in protecting herself and later Jamie and Billy.
• The Confidant: She is this Sam. They discuss their romantic lives with each other and seemingly no one else.
• Conflicting Loyalty: Tina lacks the commitment Rachel had to Jamie due to her wishes to see her friends, and she is clearly bothered by having to pick one over the other.
• Conspicuous Gloves: She has these as part of her Halloween costume.
• Contrasting Sequel Main Character: To Rachel.
  • Rachel was aware of Michael's previous murder sprees and took him seriously even before seeing him while Tina doesn't take him seriously until she realizes he's around her.
  • While both care about Jamie, Rachel is related to her via adoption while Tina is only a close friend.
  • Rachel has light hair while Tina has dark hair.
  • Rachel is never seen wearing a costume on Halloween in either of her appearances while Tina sports one in 5.
  • Rachel's parents are shown while Tina's are not.
  • Although both meet Dr. Loomis, Rachel works with and confides in him while Tina goes against his orders and keeps her feelings to herself.
  • While both are introduced seeing Jamie at the clinic in 5, Rachel is already there and silent while Tina shows up and is loud.
  • Rachel was worried about the security of her relationship with Brady while Tina shows no concerns about Mike straying from her. Additionally, in 5, Rachel is never shown having a romantic interest or current relationship while Tina is confirmed to be with Mike.
  • Their deaths. Rachel is killed inside her home and against her will during the day while Tina is killed outside and gives her life to protect Jamie during the night.
  • Also while Rachel is not happy at having to babysit Jamie at the expense of her date with Brady she still stays with Jamie not just out of obligation but sympathy after Jamie overhears her frustration at having to look after her. Tina in contrast goes to the party to meet Michael(boyfriend Michael, although she ends up meeting the other Michael instead) despite Jamie clearly being distressed and warning her about Myers, however like Rachel she's clearly upset about leaving Jamie on her own and thus hurting her.
• Cool Big Sis: Tina is this to Jamie. The very first scene they have together features Jamie smiling brightly as she is embraced by Tina.
• Copycat Mockery: Tina briefly does this to Loomis as he pleads with her to stay at the clinic with Jamie, saying "stay away" in an altered voice and throwing her hands up to invoke his worried mannerisms.
• Curtains Match the Window: Inverted as she has brown hair and brown eyes, which are both natural in real life.
• Damsel in Distress: Unlike Rachel, Tina is not shown to have any defensive capabilities and is forced to run from Michael when finally realizing he's targeting her.
• Dark Is Not Evil: She starts the film wearing a black top and later has a Halloween costume with a black skirt and cape. Despite this, she is one of the film's main protagonists who is friendly toward almost everyone and just wants to have a good time.
• Deadly Prank: Subverted. Although Tina and Spitz find themselves on the receiving end of guns after they prank the officers who brought her to the Tower Farm party, ultimately no one is harmed, although the prank causes the cops to lower their guard when they encounter the real Michael a short time later.
• Deadpan Snarker: She has many moments of this.

  Jamie: The boogeyman.

  Tina: Oh yeah, that's one way of describing him.

• Decoy Protagonist: Tina can come off as this, as although she gets the most focus of any character who isn't Loomis, Michael, or Jamie, an initial viewing would make it appear that she will be part of the final girl duo that survives the film in the same way that Rachel and Jamie were in 4.
• Deer in the Headlights: Tina becomes this after finding the corpses of her friends and the officers following Michael's murder of them and is even in the headlights of the car Michael is driving before he turns his attention to Jamie.
• Defiant to the End: Against Michael, who knives and kills her as a result.
• Didn't See That Coming: Tina is surprised when she discovers the corpses of Spitz, Sam, and the officers Loomis ordered to follow her, as it confirms Michael was following her.
• Disapproving Look: Seems to give Loomis one as she's about to leave Jamie's room due to him interrupting the fun she was having with Rachel and Jamie. It's not very clear since the camera focuses on her from the back, but the way she turns to look at him as she's leaving gives this off.
• The Ditz: Tina is extremely airheaded and bubbly as well as impulsive, its even Lamp Shaded by Tina herself as shown by her title quote.
• Dramatic Irony: After Michael kills Tina's boyfriend Mike, he hides the body and takes the latter's car to pick Tina up, disguising himself with the mask Tina gave Mike. Tina, thinking that Mike is just being silent, tries to flirt with Michael and only has a hint of something being wrong when she kisses his mask. The suspense of the scene is that she's completely at the mercy of the film's villain and whether the timely intervention of Jamie can save her from whatever fate Michael has planned for her, which it does.
• Dying Alone: This is a given, as Michael immediately leaves after stabbing her to continue his pursuit of Jamie, who screams out her name as she's escorted away by Billy. Tina stops speaking after the three are away from her as she dies, and her corpse is found later.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: As Michael proceeds to an injured Jamie and is about to strike her, Tina grabs him and, at the cost of her own life, is able to keep him away from Jamie long enough for Billy to drag her away. Even while lying on the ground bleeding to death she's still shouting at Jamie to run
• Empty Promise: Tina’s promise to come back and spend the night with Jamie at the clinic retroactively becomes this in light of her death. Whether she intended to do so or not if she had lived is unclear, given that it is unknown if she ever spent the night before. Considering the fact that she's shown tearing up over leaving Jamie its more likely than not that she did mean it
• Enter Stage Window: While she doesn't sneak into the clinic due to how loud her voice is, Tina uses a window to get into Jamie's room instead of the clinic's front door.
• Establishing Character Moment: Tina's first scene has her coming to visit Jamie and loudly knocking on the window, followed by her hugging the young girl. The scene establishes her closeness to Jamie and outgoing personality.
• Everybody's Dead, Dave: Tina finds the corpses of both her best friend, the latter's boyfriend, and the officers in charge of protecting her.
• Face Death with Dignity: After jumping in-between Michael and Jamie, Tina closes her eyes as she prepares to be struck down.
• Fatal Flaw: Her carefree attitude and desire to hang out directly causes her encounters with Michael.
• Fearless Fool: Tina gives off this impression when she openly dismisses staying at the clinic when Loomis and Jamie both express concern for her well-being. It's only when she finally realizes that Michael is around that we see her express terror.
• Final Girl: Subverted. After surviving multiple encounters with Michael, she dies right before the final confrontation between Jamie, Loomis, and Michael takes place.
• Foil:
  • To Jamie. Both are girls who have dark hair, wear a Halloween costume, and are targeted by Michael. While Jamie is a young child, Tina is a teenager. Although Jamie is related to Michael and is an Experienced Protagonist as a result of successfully evading him in 4, Tina is not related to him and has never met him before. While Jamie stays in the clinic for most of the movie, Tina comes for brief visits and spends most of her screentime in outdoor locations. Jamie only comes face-to-face with Myers in the third act while Tina is stalked by him throughout the whole film.
  • To Dr. Loomis. Both are committed to Jamie more than anyone who is unrelated to her. Whereas Loomis takes Jamie's warnings seriously, Tina does not on the grounds of her young age. Although Loomis is always armed and fights back, Tina is defenseless and needs the protection of police. While Loomis stays mostly at the clinic to keep an eye on Jamie and is not shown with any friends, Tina leaves the clinic regularly to be with her other friends besides Jamie. Their encounters with Michael and ultimate fates greatly differ. When confronted by him, Loomis goes up and speaks to Michael while Tina runs away from him. Although both are attacked by Michael, Loomis survives the film while Tina does not.
  • To Samantha. Both are teenage girls in committed relationships with their boyfriends who seem to just want to have fun. Although Tina makes visiting Jamie a regular thing, Sam is never shown doing this despite knowing who Jamie is. Tina wears a mostly dark Halloween costume while Samantha wears a bright one. The way they treat their partners is different as well. Whereas Samantha never shows issue with Spitz, Tina complains to and insults Mike. Samantha is shown having fun with Spitz while Tina is shown irritating him in her attempt to play with him.Spitz and Sam die shortly after each other while Tina outlives Mike for a much larger time period. Sam is also resistant to Michael trying to kill her and fights back while Tina does not and seems to accept her fate.
  • She's also one to Rachel. Rachel is very reliable, level-headed and sensible and is far sterner than the fun party girl Tina. She took the threat of Myers far more seriously than Tina did and while disgruntled about it she dropped her date with Brady to look after Jamie whereas Tina ignorantly went to the party instead of staying with a clearly distressed Jamie. That being said both Tina and Rachel's best feature was looking out for Jamie. In addition Rachel at least the first time around survived Michael's reign of terror, Tina didn't even survive to the end of Halloween 5 (granted nor did Rachel). And out of all the deaths Jamie witnessed, the loss of these two hurt her the most considering how much she loved both and how much they loved her to the point of actively putting themselves in harms way to save her from Michael
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: Like Rachel, she doesn't receive a single mention from Jamie or Loomis in Curse, which is especially jarring in Jamie's case given how close they were depicted as being in the previous film.
• French Maid Outfit: Her Halloween costume.
• Friend to All Children: Tina interacts with Jamie and Billy and is shown to care deeply for both of them, especially when Michael is trying to hurt them.
• Fun Personified: Compared to the stoic Dr. Loomis and Jamie, Tina is much more talkative and easy-going, with her temperament about Michael also contrasting from the two as she won't let him get in the way of her having fun.
• The Gadfly: Within minutes of her introduction, she provokes Dr. Loomis to come back to Jamie's room and question the cause behind the volume. After scaring Mike, she makes fun of him by laughing and saying that he might not even have to wear a mask to be scary.
• Genre Savvy: Zigzagged. She choose to go out for a party at a time when everyone is telling her about a serial killer being on the loose, but knows that girls who survive horror films are usually virgins, as she claims Sam is when her and Spitz play a prank on cops.
• Gut Feeling: When she is confronted at the gas station by officers trying to bring her back to the clinic, she correctly guesses that something is wrong with Jamie.

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• Has a Type: Claims to love barbaric men when trying to flirt with Mike, unaware that his silence and violent grip of the steering wheel is due to Myers posing as him.
• The Hero Dies: As a result of not taking Michael seriously, having anyone that can help her either already dead or not present, and wanting to protect Jamie no matter what, Tina is killed right before the climax at the Myers house.
• Hero of Another Story: In the year before the film takes place, Tina befriended Jamie and played a leading role in her happiness during her recovery.
• Hero with an F in Good: Tina cares about all of her friends, wants to spend time with them, and is generally fun to be around. At the same time, her desire to be with them and to participate in social events puts her at odds with her own well-being and causes them to also be endangered through her actions.
• Hero with Bad Publicity: Subverted. Despite the hate that Jamie gets for her perceived role in the stabbing of her stepmother and the fact that Loomis is not remembered well by officers for his association with Michael, Tina does not have any dispersions cast on her for associating with the pair.
• Heroes Love Dogs: Though she doesn't own one, Tina is very fond of Jamie and Rachel's dog Max, to the point of bringing him to visit Jamie and feeding him of her own volition.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Dies protecting Jamie.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Samantha.
• Holding Hands: Tina does this with Sam after the latter comes into the Carruthers house and as they are expressing glee at the thought of having the house to themselves for the weekend.
• Honor Before Reason: Her choice to stop fleeing from Michael after Jamie comes and he targets her can be seen as this. Due to her commitment to the young girl's well-being, she dismisses running away, which would all but guarantee her safety, to instead call out for Myers to leave his niece and Billy alone and ultimately give her life when he doesn't heed her words.
• Horrible Judge of Character: Tina can't tell the difference when Michael disguises himself as Mike after killing the latter, leaving her in the car with a serial killer that she thinks is her boyfriend.
• Horror Hates a Rulebreaker: Tina buys a cigarette and then hides it as officers pull up on her, showing that her action of underage smoking was illegal. She later dies.
• Instant Death Stab: Well and truly averted, Tina lives at least a minute after Michael stabs her, weakly pleading for Jamie and Billy to run and still clearly moving when they do, however by the time the paramedics reach her it's too late much to Jamie's horror.
• It Amused Me: Tina, Sam, and Spitz play a prank on police officers that entails them pretending Michael Myers has arrived at the Tower Farm party and is trying to kill Tina and Sam for no reason other than to amuse themselves and trick the officers.
• It's All About Me: Puts her interest in going to a party over the needs and concerns of Jamie.
• Jerkass Realization: After finding the corpses of Samantha, Spitz, and the officers, she realizes the credibility of Loomis and Jamie warning her not to leave the clinic.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Tina is flighty, irresponsible, and not overly bright, but she genuinely cares about her friends, and gives her life to protect Jamie.
• Jump Scare: She has one on Mike when the latter is caressing his car and she pops out wearing a scary mask.
• Just for Fun: For no other reason than to have fun, Tina, Sam, and Spitz play a prank on the officers that follow her to the Tower Farm where Spitz dresses as Myers and Tina begs for him to spare her friend.
• Kill the Cutie: Tina is a genuinely adorable Genki Girl and although flawed she's ultimately a Nice Girl, naturally she doesn't make it out of the movie alive and her death completely breaks Jamie's heart
• Know When to Fold 'Em: After finding the corpses at the Tower Farm party, Tina instinctively begins running away.
• Lack of Empathy: Subverted. Although she goes against Jamie's wishes by choosing to attend the Tower Farm party and leaves her crying, she non-verbally communicates her conflict over doing this as she stands by herself outside.
• The Lad-ette: Unlike Rachel, Tina likes to smoke and play pranks, and is very open about her sex life with her friend Sam. The way that she is friendly toward Spitz is more comfortable than his interactions with Mike as the former pairing likes to joke around and have fun.
• The Lancer: To Jamie. She is a close friend to the young girl who cares for her but clashes with both Jamie and Loomis because of her outgoing nature compared to their reserved and cautious approaches. Tina's goal of wanting to spend time with her friends by going out clashes with their wishes to keep her safe by having her stay with them and officers who can protect her.
• Large Ham: Most of Tina's lines consist of loud singing or shrieking and she even goes toe to toe with long-term Large Ham Dr Loomis in a contest of ham vs ham.
• Last Request: After her stabbing, Tina warns Jamie to run.
• Lethally Stupid: Tina's inexperience with Michael, coupled with her disinterest in taking warnings about him seriously, causes both Jamie and herself to be put in harm's way when Michael pursues Tina.
• Living Emotional Crutch: Tina is this for Jamie. She is a representation that people not related to her can still care about her and treat her well. This has in turn earned Jamie's loyalty to her and after Tina's death, she becomes open to working with Loomis to kill Michael at any cost.
• The Load: While Jamie also needs protection, Tina makes herself more vulnerable by going out in public when she doesn't have to and Loomis specifically orders officers to follow her in the event that Michael comes after her.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Subverted. Other characters like Jamie and Loomis warn her of Michael, but she doesn't take it seriously.
• Long Hair Is Feminine: She has longer hair than Rachel and is much more romance-focused and less physically capable of protecting herself than her friend.
• Lovable Rogue: While Tina has no problem breaking the law, as shown when she tries to smoke while underage, her redeeming qualities are shown through her genuine affection for Jamie and her friends.
• Love Makes You Dumb: There's a serial killer on the loose and Tina is warned about it, but ignores it so she can leave the clinic and spend time with her boyfriend and friends.
• Love Martyr: Implied. She calls Mike a "psycho boyfriend" and accuses "him" of giving her nothing, but shows no signs of wanting to leave him either.
• Master of the Mixed Message: Tina seems to be this to Mike. On one hand, she makes fun of his brooding and shows no concern for his absence at the Tower Farm party. On the other, she passionately kisses him and is excited to see him when she thinks he has pulled up in front of her house.
• Morality Pet: To Jamie, as the two have a close relationship that has helped the latter over the year set between 4 and 5. Tina's death causes her to lose much of her restraint to help Loomis by any means necessary.
• Ms. Fanservice: Tina's Halloween costume consists of a strapless short dress that shows off her arms and legs.
• My Significance Sense Is Tingling: When Tina enters Rachel's house after Michael's killed Rachel, Tina wanders around trying to find Rachel. After she leaves with Samantha, Tina looks back at the house with a perplexed expression. On some level, Tina seemed to know something was wrong and may have sensed Michael was in the house, but her unwillingness to confront these dark emotions prevented her from taking action.
• Naïve Newcomer: Tina has never met Michael before 5 takes place and thus does not share the concerns Loomis, Jamie, and Rachel have about him going on another spree. Even when part of her does suspect something terrible is genuinely happening, Tina hasn't the time or experience to mentally prepare herself to face this until it's too late.
• Never Got to Say Goodbye: The courtesy of being one of the main protagonists in a horror film.
  • Tina last speaks with Rachel before the latter goes into her home, and Tina returns to the Carruthers house a short time after Rachel is murdered, Michael still being there and beginning to stalk Tina from then onward. Given that Tina dies before Jamie finds Rachel's body in the Myers house, Tina passed without knowing that her best friend had been killed.
  • Tina last sees Mike when they kiss and never finds out about his death, as she is tricked by Michael into believing the latter is him when he wears the mask she gave her boyfriend and drives his car to pick her up.
  • Tina's final interaction with Sam and Spitz is to leave the pair alone to engage in foreplay in the barn and comes back, only to discover their corpses.
  • Tina's last words to Jamie isn't goodbye but instead a tearful plea to run as far away from her as possible because of Michael being there, knowing full well that Jamie would likely stay with her even at the cost of her own life if she didn't urge her to go.
• Nightmare Fetishist: Tina implies herself to be one by being attracted to Michael (posing as her boyfriend Mike) as he violently grips the steering wheel of the car and she tells him that she has a thing for barbaric men.
• No Indoor Voice: Tina will often raise her voice in either speaking or singing. This includes when she comes to see Jamie at the clinic and alerts Dr. Loomis.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Tina, through her friendship with Rachel, becomes friends with a young girl who is disliked by a sizable portion of their town for a crime she didn't commit and in a year, evolves into one of the few people that she feels close to. For her commitment to Jamie, Tina gets followed around by a serial killer who has just finished killing her best friend and outlives her other best friend, her boyfriend, and the officers meant to protect her, just to die herself when she has no other way of protecting the same girl who just wanted her to be safe.
• No Sympathy: After Mike is murdered, and thereby doesn't attend the Tower Farm party, Tina shows no concern for his whereabouts when Sam asks her where he is while Tina dances.
• Nominal Hero: While she does care for Jamie, she mostly does things that seem to hinder the wants the other protagonists have and indirectly aid Michael. She feels something off about the Carruthers house but chooses to ignore it, is angry when police come to pick her up from the gas station (and scare off a disguised Michael in the process), and she refuses to stay at the clinic with Jamie when the latter begs for her to stay for fear of her safety.
• Not Afraid of You Anymore: Tina seems to develop this right before her death, as she goes from running from Michael to throwing herself at him to stop his attack on Jamie.
• Odd Friendship: With Jamie. The two have virtually nothing in common but are united in their enjoyment of each other's company.
• Official Couple: With Mike.
• Offscreen Teleportation: Her death scene features her grabbing Michael's arm, as he's about to strike a downed Jamie, with her appearing out of nowhere after seemingly being far away from the uncle and niece.
• Only Friend: She seems to be this for Samantha, as although the latter is implied to be friends with Rachel, the latter's limited screentime thanks to her early demise in the film happens before she can have a scene with Samantha and makes this harder to determine.
• Opposites Attract: Mike is much more reserved than Tina and she doesn't seem to have much to talk with him about or explicitly have anything in common with him.
• Parental Substitute: Subtle, but she serves as one for Jamie. She's the only person who isn't staff at the clinic or related to her that regularly comes to see her and the reunion between Tina and Jamie that causes the latter to regain her speaking ability can be seen as similar to that of a mother and child.
• Perpetual Smiler: Tina is almost always seen smiling. Examples include when she first visits Jamie, when she goes into Rachel's home, when she's talking to Sam, and when she parties at the Tower Farm.
• Pet the Dog: Tina assures a crying Jamie that she will come back to the clinic after the Tower Farm party and spend the night with her.
• Platonic Kissing: Has this with Sam after she surprises her in the Carruthers house. She also gives one to Jamie at the start of the movie, and after tucking her in at the clinic.
• Police Are Useless: Loomis gets two officers to follow Tina to the Tower Farm party to prevent her from being killed by Michael. While they give her a ride to the party, they die before she does and without putting up much of a fight either.
• The Prankster: Tina shows this trait consistently through the movie. The first instance is when she scares her boyfriend Mike by wearing a scary mask and coming from the side of his car as he's admiring the vehicle. She does another prank at the Tower Farm party, as she joins Sam in running from Spitz dressed as Michael in front of cops. In both instances, she annoys or angers the target of her humor but is always satisfied with the results.
• Pride: She refuses to stay by Jamie's side so she can attend a party where she is heavily noticed by her peers as she dances.
• Promotion to Parent: Due to the Carruthers being absent, and especially after Rachel's death, Tina serves as this for Jamie. Jamie worries for her and is relieved to see her the way a child would be happy to see their parent. Tina in turn makes a point of seeing her and has a level of commitment to the girl that is more akin to a parent than just a friend.
• Retirony: A variation. Before Tina leaves for the Tower Farm party, she promises Jamie that she will spend the night with her after she gets back. She never makes it back due to Michael murdering her.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: Tina dismisses Loomis and Jamie worrying about her safety. She is right, as Michael doesn't want to kill her, as he could have done it when they were in the car alone together earlier in the film, but instead wants to use her to get to Jamie.
• Sad Clown: Implied; when she leaves Jamie to go party, she tears up during an argument with Dr. Loomis, upset of how scared Jamie is. Then she leaves pretending to be cheerful.
• Sacrificial Lion: Her death causes Jamie to finally cooperate with Loomis on a plot to stop Michael.
• Sadistic Choice: This is how she views her choice to either stay with Jamie at the clinic, and by extension not be with her friends, or go party with her friends at the Tower Farm, and leave Jamie crying. Either way, she is left disappointing someone by not being with them.
• Say My Name: Tina shouts Mike's name as he drives up to her and Sam.
• Screaming Woman: She does this mostly in the third act after finding the corpses at the Tower Farm and when she tries to persuade Michael to leave Jamie alone.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Tina tries to do this after finding out her friends have been killed by Michael. However, he sees her and starts chasing her until turning his attention to Jamie and Billy.
• Secret-Keeper: One of the few people that knows the Carruthers keep a key outside.
• Selective Obliviousness: Subverted. While Tina ignores warnings by Jamie and Loomis, who both are well-acquainted with Michael and his terror, she lacks their Properly Paranoid trait because she has never personally experienced what they have. The reality of their warnings come back to haunt her at the Tower Farm party, where her best friend and the latter's boyfriend are killed minutes after she last sees them. Only then does she realize the seriousness of what she's chosen to treat with levity.
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Jamie is worried that Tina will die if Michael confronts her, which she knows is likely to happen as her powers confirm that he's following her. By trying to stop it, she puts herself in harm's way and Tina takes a stabbing from Michael to give her time to escape.
• Senseless Sacrifice: Sacrificing herself to Michael to save Jamie ultimately bought her only 6 more years of life.
• Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains: Inverted. Michael wears a mask covering his face and an outfit that leaves only his hands visible. Tina by contrast wears shorts that show her legs, albeit covered in leggings, and then a Halloween costume that shows her shoulders and legs as well.
• Sex Signals Death: A fairly subtle example. She admits to having had sex before when talking to Sam and doesn't do it during the film, likely due to the early death of her boyfriend Mike, but gets killed later.
• Shipper on Deck:
  • Implied to back a romantic pairing of Jamie and her friend Billy, as she notes the latter is "gonna have to fight off a lot of boys" after she helps Rachel reveal Jamie's Halloween costume.
  • Tina is very supportive of the romance between Sam and Spitz, even purposefully leaving the two alone so they may become intimate.
• Shoo Out the Clowns: Tina is to put it lightly an eccentric clown who spends most of her screentime chewing the scenery, she's dead before the final act and the movie takes a darker turn after her death
• Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Subverted. She complains about multiple character flaws of Mike such as his brooding nature and even equates him to the Boogeyman, but never shows an actual interest in leaving him.
• Skewed Priorities: At a time when Jamie is worried about her being in danger and very visibly distraught from her going out, Tina defends defying her wishes with needing to see her friends.
• Small Role, Big Impact: Tina only appears in one of the five films in the original timeline, but her friendship with Jamie helps her overcome her trauma from the fourth film, and her death causes Jamie to go along with Loomis's plan, the latter having a heart attack which indirectly causes him to be completely absent when the Man in Black kills the officers and kidnaps Michael and Jamie.
• Smoking Is Cool: She is seen trying to get a cigarette from the gas station, only discarding of it when officers arrive to protect her from Michael.
• So Proud of You: Tina has a smile of happiness when Jamie says her name as she regains her ability to speak, to the point of asking her to say her name again so she can savor the moment.
• Sole Survivor: She's the only named character that Michael doesn't kill at the Tower Farm party. He instead later gets her when about to strike an injured Jamie.
• Sour Supporter: While she cares just as much about Jamie as Rachel or Loomis, she can be annoyed or downright dismissive of efforts for her to stay put to keep her safe from Michael, as she doesn't share the same concerns about his return that those who participated in the events of the previous year do.
• Stepford Smiler: Is this during her argument with Loomis as she sounds like she's on the verge of tears over unintentionally hurting Jamie by going to the party but then does a silly run down the stairs while screaming about not being sensible and outright breaking into tears after she leaves the hospital and is by herself.
• Stopped Caring: When Sam asks Tina where Mike is, she responds that she doesn't care, unaware that Michael murdered him.
• Take Me Instead: Says this to Spitz when he's dressed as Michael during their prank on the cops assigned to protect her, ceasing her running as she requests that she be taken but that Sam be spared.
• Taking the Bullet: She throws herself in the way to prevent Jamie from being stabbed by Michael.
• Targeted to Hurt the Hero: Michael stalks Tina with the intention of using her to lure out Jamie. It works.
• Tears of Joy: Has this reaction to Jamie regaining her ability to speak by saying her name.
• Tears of Remorse: After leaving a distraught Jamie at the hospital and an argument with Loomis about this, Tina is clearly seen crying while outside on her own about hurting Jamie.
• Third Wheel: Tina explicitly leaves Sam and Spitz in the barn after realizing she is being this to them.
• Too Dumb to Live: Between ignoring the warnings of both Jamie and Loomis about Michael, getting in the car with the latter when he was silent and pretending to be her recently-deceased boyfriend, and separating from the officers who were assigned to protect her, Tina played a large role in her own demise.
• Too Good for This Sinful Earth: An unusual example considering her blatant flaws but ultimately in spite of them Tina is a very sweet-natured person who genuinely loved Jamie and died saving her from Michael, using her final breath to urge Jamie to run and survive. Like Rachel, her death serves as yet another severe blow to Jamie's happiness and shows how much Michael is ruining Jamie's life at this point.
• Toxic Friend Influence: Tina can be considered this to Jamie. Her decision to leave the clinic for the Tower Farm party causes Jamie to go after her and thereby endanger them both. Her recklessness and refusal to take Jamie and Loomis seriously when they warn her about Michael also causes Jamie great anguish beforehand.
• A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: If Tina had listened to Jamie, and not given in to her desire to see her friends, she likely would have survived the film's events.
• Trash Talk: Tina most prominently does this when with Michael posing as Mike, calling him a "psycho boyfriend" and even equating him to the boogeyman when reunited with Jamie a short time later.
• Tritagonist: After Jamie and Loomis, she's the most prominent protagonist in Halloween 5.
• True Blue Femininity: She wears a blue jean jacket and shorts for daytime sequences of the film.
• True Companions: With Jamie, Rachel, and Sam.
• Two Girls and a Guy: As a result of Mike's death, Tina and Samantha become this with Spitz during the Tower Farm party.
• Undying Loyalty: To Jamie. Though she sometimes lets her wanting to hang out with her friends get in the way of spending time with her, she is still devoted to seeing her regularly.
• The Un-Favourite: Seems to be this to Loomis among the people who visit Jamie, as he's completely fine with both Rachel and Billy coming to see her but reenters the room with a tone of irritability when he hears Tina singing.
• Unfazed Everyman: Compared to the returning characters from 4, and as the most prominent of the ones introduced in 5, Tina doesn't share their trauma or fear that Michael is coming back. This is especially noticeable when she is contrasted with Jamie and Loomis, who both have unique relationships with Michael while she not only never talks about him but doubts their worries and just tries to have fun amid their panic by attending a party.
• Uniqueness Value: Seems to be the reason Michael spends so much time trying to follow her after he kills Rachel. He knows that with the latter gone Jamie has no one to protect her, but upon discovering Tina's closeness to her, she's used as a method of luring her out.
• Unknown Rival: She serves to one for Michael at the start of the film. He only becomes familiar with her after she comes to the Carruthers house following Rachel's death.
• Unlikely Hero: A teenage girl who appears self-absorbed and mostly interested in having fun seems like the last person who would sacrifice herself to save someone else.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension: Because of Mike's death, there is no resolution to their presumed conflict surrounding her visits to see Jamie.
• Unwitting Pawn: She never catches on to Michael using her to help him get closer to Jamie.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her decision to go the Tower Farm, where she just wanted to have fun, directly causes Jamie to come looking for her, which leads to Michael trying to run her over with a car and Tina being fatally stabbed while trying to protect her.
• Uptight Loves Wild: Tina is the wild and fantasist woman to Mike's stuffy and serious urban man. Tina is very open to joking around and speaking in loud volumes while Mike is more reserved and has a lower tone when discussing things. Tina is not depicted with a car and likes animals such as dogs and cats while Mike adores his car and is not shown to have the any particular affinity for animals.
• Vindicated by History: During her outdoor conversation with Sam, Tina says that everyone in Haddonfield is in a "weird mood" and adds that they should ban Halloween. In the following film, Curse, Halloween has been banned in Haddonfield since the murder spree depicted in 5.
• Wacky Parent, Serious Child: Due to the Carruthers not being present in the film, She is this to Jamie. Jamie is stoic and reserved while Tina is outgoing and loud with the latter having plenty of friends while Jamie has very few.
• What the Hell, Hero?: Loomis gives her one after she goes to the party despite the threat of Michael as well as Jamie clearly being distraught about it. Tina responds in the single most mature way possible, by singing about how she's never sensible and going TEHEHE as she runs down the stairs away from Loomis and his lectures.
• Wrong Genre Savvy: Tina acts like she's the main protagonist of a goofy 80s teen comedy about partying and probably would have excelled in that genre, instead she's the Final Girl of a horror movie hence why she doesn't last very long
• You Leave Him Alone!: Tina shouts a variation of this at Michael when he chases Jamie with a car.