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Mr. White

Mr. White / Larry Dimmick

"You shoot me in a dream you better wake up and apologize."

Portrayed By: Harvey Keitel

A veteran gangster and long-time friend of Joe Cabot, he is one of the six men assembled by the latter for the jewel heist. He is good-natured and persuasive, and believes in a code of honor among criminals.

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• Affably Evil: He's the most likable of the thieves, sticks his neck out for Mr. Orange, and expresses moral disgust at Mr. Blonde's behavior, but he's also a cold-blooded murderer who slaughters several cops and has no qualms with brutalizing people for their money.
• Alas, Poor Villain: He might have been a career criminal and a Cop Killer, but he's gunned down right after killing two people he appreciated to save a boy who turned out to be the traitor of the team. His Et Tu, Brute? moment before essentially comitting Suicide by Cop makes his death scene a rather sombre one.
• Anti-Villain: He is the most polite of the robbers, tips waitresses, and has a distaste for killing innocent people, but as Mr. Orange and Joe find out the hard way, just because he's a nice guy doesn't mean he can't kill you.
• Asshole Victim: Despite being the most likeable of the lot, he hates cops to the point that that he immediately turns on his protegé Mr. Orange when the latter reveals his true identity as an undercover cop and (possibly) shoots him in cold blood.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: He almost always wears a suit, and wins his fight with Mr. Pink.
• Berserk Button: He gets defensive every time someone questions Orange's loyalty or shows a lack of concern over his wellbeing. He also gets mad when Mr. Blonde calls him an asshole.
• Big Brother Mentor: To Orange. This is what kills him, since not only does he override No Honor Among Thieves and give him his real name, but he is willing to defend him when correctly accused of being a rat, taking a serious gunshot wound for his trouble.
• Cool Old Guy: Downplayed, as he's only middle-aged, but he certainly is cool.
• Cop Killer: He guns down two police officers in their squad car. He also kills Freddy in tears after finding out he was a cop.
• Deadpan Snarker: When Mr. Blonde half-jokingly threatens to shoot him during breakfast, he responds with a sick burn that the others acknowledge.
  Mr. White: You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize.
• Despair Event Horizon: He clearly crosses it after Orange reveals himself as the rat, with his agonizing groans degenerating into heavy sobbing as he ultimately kills both himself and Orange. Considering the fact that he just killed his closest friends and will very soon die himself, all for a person he thought he could trust more than anything, it's pretty justified.
• Dragon-in-Chief: He's Joe's second-in-command and field team leader. Joe only gets involved in the action right at the end.
• Establishing Character Moment: He gets angry at Mr. Pink's stinginess and passionately explains why waitresses need tips, showing that he's good-natured, a bit of a hot-head who'll go to bat for others, and sympathetic. He's also no-nonsense, cracking that all he got out of the previous Seinfeldian Conversation is "Madonna's big dick coming out of my left ear," and he's the most likely to stand up to Joe; he grabs Joe's notebook away and refuses to give it back.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • He doesn't kill civilians and doesn't like it when other people do this. He is especially disgusted over Mr. Blonde's violent behaviour.
  • He's also very protective of Mr. Orange, whom he sees as a friend, and turns on Joe and Nice Guy Eddie when he tries to kill him over mere (correct) speculations.
  • When a dying Mr. Orange asks him his name, he told him against his principles.
  • He's a robber, but he always tips his waitresses on principle, and tries to force Mr. Pink to do the same. He explicitly shows contempt at the US system for forcing many unacademic women to live off tips.
  • Minor example, as it's part of a racist statement, but he implies during a conversation that he hates Domestic Abuse, which is why he doesn't work with black people, as all those he knows are wife-beaters.
• Face Death with Despair: When the police show up at the safehouse the crew is hiding in, Mr. White can do nothing but groan-sob in agony as he stares at the police with hurt and betrayal in his face. An unusual example in that it's not death itself that despairs Mr. White, but rather the realization that he murdered his boss and close associates for a man that turned out to have been exactly what they accused him of being in the first place.
• Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Optimist.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine — he's the good-natured, charismatic veteran who sticks up for the rookie and remains optimistic when everything goes to hell.
• Guns Akimbo: He uses a pair of pistols to shoot some policemen through the windshield of their cruiser.
• Hair-Trigger Temper/Hot-Blooded: It's easy to get him angry. Mr. Blonde's blase attitude towards extreme violence is a particular Berserk Button for him.
• Honor Before Reason: It may be a twisted sort of honor, but he sticks to it. He refuses to hear anything about Mr. Orange even possibly being a rat, which leads to him pulling a gun on his boss and old friend of many years, and ultimately his downfall.
• Just Friends: In his flashback prior to the job, White explains that 'pushing the woman-man-thing' led to splitting from a female robbery partner, which happened amicably.
• Karmic Death: Cop Killer Larry is gunned down by cops.
• Large Ham: When he gets excited, he gets very loud and theatrical.
• The McCoy: He follows his heart instead of his head. It doesn't end well.
• Meaningful Name: His color certainly fits his relatively upstanding sense of honor and moral code.
• Moral Myopia: He's sickened by the fact that Mr. Blonde killed random innocent civilians, yet kills cops without remorse and claims he will gladly shoot or harm anyone who gets in his way during an escape. This is demonstrated most plainly in a deleted scene where it's mentioned that one time he worked on a job with someone and found out he was a cop, he shot up a surprise birthday party for the cop and killed three people, including the cop, and wounded six others.
• My God, What Have I Done?: When he realizes the man for whom he killed two of his closest companions was actually the rat.
• Noble Bigot: He uses casual racial slurs, and it's implied he sees black men as wife-beaters, but he's the most honorable criminal in the film, and is horrified at Mr. Blonde's cold-blooded murder of a black woman.
• Noble Demon: He has a highly developed sense of personal honor, to the point where he'll turn a gun on his own employers to protect his partner. He also takes pride in being a "professional" criminal. He'll gun down cops without remorse, but Blonde needlessly killing civilians disgusts him.
• Out of Focus: He's clearly the main character for the first part of the film, but drops out of the picture for a while after Mr. Blonde and then Mr. Orange take center stage. By the climax, he's back to being in the spotlight alongside Orange.
• Politically Incorrect Hero: He refuses to work with African-Americans because he assumes that they're all wife-beaters.
• Papa Wolf: Towards Mr Orange. When Orange is panicking over being shot, he holds him tight, reassures him that he'll be all right, and even combs his hair. A deleted scene indicates that the reason for this fatherly nature may be his own abusive, alcoholic parents.
• Sorry That I'm Dying: It's admittedly hard to hear given how exhausted and slurred his speech is, but as he crawls over and cradles Mr. Orange in his arms, Mr. White apologizes to him, realizing that he and Orange are doomed to die together no matter what happens.
  Mr. White: (quietly) I'm sorry for this...looks like we're dead.
• Tragic Mistake: While he believes that there was a mole on board, he never suspects Mr. Orange, who turns out to be an undercover cop. This even means that he distrusts people he had known and trusted for years while betting his life for a guy he only knew for a few days, thus leading to his downfall.
• Undying Loyalty: He trusts Mr. Orange above anything, which turns out to be a fatal flaw.
• Villain Protagonist: He initially comes off as a clear-cut Anti-Villain and a highly sympathetic character, but we're later treated to flashbacks that definitely show that, while he has morals, he's still a villain, and a bit of a bigot too.
• Villainous Breakdown: Every now and then, he has one, due to his Hair-Trigger Temper, but the most prominent one is when he finds out that Mr. Orange was a cop all along.

Mr. Orange

Mr. Orange / Freddy Newandyke

Portrayed By: Tim Roth

A rookie robber who becomes Mr. White's protege.

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• Agonizing Stomach Wound: He's slowly bleeding out from being gut-shot for most of the movie, and spends a lot of his on-screen time screaming and moaning. It's bad enough that when the cop is sobbing after having his ear cut off, Mr. Orange screams at him that his pain's worse.
• Author Avatar: Tarantino originally wrote the role of Mr. Pink for himself, but Orange has a bit in common with him, namely his love of old television shows, movies ("Fuck off, I'm tryin' to watch The Lost Boys"), and Marvel Comics (he has a Silver Surfer poster in his apartment and compares Joe Cabot to The Thing).
• Becoming the Mask: He genuinely does come to love and look up to Mr. White during their time together, which ends up screwing them both over.
• Chekhov's Gunman: He spends the first half of the film either writhing in pain or unconscious, but then… well, just look at all of the spoiler tags.
• Conveniently Unverifiable Cover Story: He actually gets a Training Montage dedicated to memorizing one such anecdote.
• Died in Your Arms Tonight: Specifically, in Mr. White's, but not in the manner you're led to expect.
• Establishing Character Moment: When Joe asks the crew which one of them didn't tip, he immediately rats Mr. Pink out, foreshadowing the revelation that he's an undercover cop. Earlier, he's the only one to change his mind and ask for his dollar back after Mr Pink's ranting, showing that he goes along with whoever's speaking in order to curry favor with the others.
• Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Realist.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic — he's the naive rookie who looks up to the others and remains trusting when he gets in over his head.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: Even before his betrayal is revealed, Mr. Orange sticks out as the black sheep among the others. He's awkward in his attempts to make or join conversation, either derailing discussions or simply annoying the others for one reason or another. The exception is Mr. White, who takes a genuine liking to him.
• Geek: He has a Silver Surfer poster in his apartment, and talks about The Fantastic Four and Baretta.
• Good Is Not Soft: He is revealed to be this when he guns down Mr. Blonde with every bullet he has and tells Nash that he is an undercover cop.
• The Hero: He's the closest thing the film has to a good guy.
• Hero Antagonist: Despite the above trope, Tarantino described him as the film's "bad guy". As an undercover officer, he's the main threat working against the heist crew, which ultimately results in their defeat.
• Heroic BSoD: On several occasions in the movie, most memorably when he kills a woman while escaping the scene of the robbery.
• Killing in Self-Defense: He kills two people in the movie, with different legal outcome:
  • He kills the woman in the car. This would NOT be considered self-defense, as she is already acting in self-defense and there's no such thing as acting in self-defense against an act of self-defense.
  • He kills Mr. Blonde without warning. This would be completely legally justified, as he does it in the moment when the psychopath tries to set another character on fire, having no other option available to stop the attack.
• The Lancer: To Mr. White. He's the panicking rookie to Mr. White's experienced veteran, and the two share a particularly close relationship.
• Made of Iron: Instant Death Bullet doesn't apply to this guy, several times over.
• Meaningful Name: "Orange" is infamous for being one of the few words for colors that's near-impossible to rhyme in English, making it a fitting choice for the "odd man out" of the group.
• Mirror Monologue: He does one before the heist to psych himself up.
• The Mole: He's the rat.
• Naïve Newcomer: The other crooks see him as young and inexperienced, which is why White takes him under his wing.
• Nice Guy: For a career criminal, Mr. Orange is an exceptionally kind man. He quickly bonds with Mr. White, tries to comfort Mr. Brown in his final moments, and has a complete breakdown after killing a young mother in self-defence. Makes sense, since he's a cop.
• Pop-Cultured Badass: He's a fan of superheroes, and compares Cabot to the Thing.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: To be fair, so would you if you were shot in the gut.
• Suddenly Shouting: He does his best to remain calm while consoling Marvin, but reaches his limit when Marvin moans one too many times about his severed ear when Orange is dying from a bullet wound. At which point he screams curse words at Marvin before composing himself again.
• Suicide by Cop: Inverted. After Mr. White kills the remaining criminals (sans Mr. Pink) involved with the job, Mr. Orange admits that he's a cop and apologizes to him, knowing that he's signed his own death warrant. When Mr. White puts the gun to his head, he doesn't plead or beg for his life, he simply stares out across the room and waits for the inevitable.
• The Stool Pigeon: Even before it's revealed that he's an undercover cop, he rats out Mr. Pink for not tipping.
• Took a Level in Badass: He goes from an unsure rookie cop to a mole who ends up blending in too well.
• Undying Loyalty: He's so overcome with guilt over Mr. White sacrificing everything for him that he reveals to him his identity as a cop literally moments before the cops arrive, essentially forfeiting his own life.

Mr. Blonde

Mr. Blonde / Vic Vega

"Are you gonna bark all day, little doggie? Or are you gonna bite?"

Portrayed By: Michael Madsen

A friend of Nice Guy Eddie's who was recently released from a four-year stint in prison, he's one of the men assembled for the heist. His cheery demeanor hides a violent and unhinged psychopath.

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• Affably Evil: For the Cabots only, with whom he has a Villainous Friendship. He refuses to sell them out while in prison (earning himself 4 years of prison for his trouble), sincerely thanks them for their support while in jail and tells Eddie not to worry about being unable to take him to the residence himself.
• Alas, Poor Villain: Downplayed. Only Nice Guy Eddie and Joe Cabot are furious when he's killed, as he was the only member of the group whom they fully trusted. Eddie angrily states that they never got to make good on their commitment to him for not snitching on them four years prior. For the rest of the gang, however, Blonde is nothing but a vicious sociopath and a major liability who got what he deserved.
• Alliterative Name: Vic Vega. And, yes, he is Vincent Vega's brother. And he's played by Michael Madsen.
• AM/FM Characterization: The pairing of him torturing Marvin with "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel showcases how little he thinks of the lives of others.
• Asshole Victim: He botched the heist by starting a shootout in the jewelry store, killing several cops and innocent bystanders; Mr. White and Mr. Pink note that one of his victims was barely twenty years old. Furthermore, Blonde is a sadist who tortures and nearly immolates a cop for no reason whatsoever, so neither said cop or Mr. Orange feel any remorse when he dies. Only "Nice Guy" Eddie is saddened by his death, since he was the only member of the raid team whom he knew would never rat them out.
• Ax-Crazy: His trigger-happy behavior leads to Mr. Pink's realization that they were set up, when the cops show up far too early after he starts shooting. He's the only member of the team that Pink declares that he absolutely trusts not to be a rat -— "He's too fuckin' homicidal to be working with the cops!"
• Backup Twin: When discussing the unmade Vega Brothers sequel, Tarantino considered having Madsen playing Vic's twin or an identical older brother.
• Badass in a Nice Suit: Just like his partners, he always wears a suit. He's also willing to provoke Mr. White in a fight.
• Bait the Dog: He's very soft-spoken and polite, while everyone else is panicking over how they're going to escape the police. Then Marvin Nash finds out the hard way just how he earned his reputation…
• Berserk Button:
  • He really doesn't like alarms, or rather store owners not obeying him and hitting the alarm. While his reaction to the alarm is off-screen, it's discussed at-length by the other characters (he apparently began going on a rampage that involved unnecessarily shooting people), and is responsible for the situation everyone's in.
  • He gets a little pissed when Marvin Nash calls Eddie his boss, leading him to claim that he's the only boss of himself.
• The Brute: He's one of the larger thieves, and he takes particular pleasure in hurting people. Just ask Marvin Nash.
• Brutal Honesty: He flat-out admits to Marvin Nash what kind of a man he is before torturing him.
• Captain Obvious: When he's asked about Mr. Blue's fate.
  Mr. Blonde: Either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him, or they don't.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: He just waits for the moment when he's alone with cop Marvin Nash and tortures him completely in cold blood, cracking jokes and making a Happy Dance. Interestingly, he doesn't care what Marvin Nash might know or not, he just tortures him For the Evulz,
• Comedic Sociopath: He has his moments, namely when he plays “Stuck in the Middle with You” as he's torturing Marvin.
• Cool Shades: He wears some pretty sweet ray bans upon returning to the hideout.
• Creepy Monotone: He almost never raises his voice, but unlike most cases, he has a cheerful tone of voice.
• Deadpan Snarker: A lot of what he says comes off as darkly sarcastic.
• Depraved Homosexual: He apparently raped plenty of "punks" in prison.
• Dissonant Serenity: He always maintains his calm and carefree demeanor, even as the situation gets increasingly hopeless or as he's brutalizing a hostage.
• Establishing Character Moment: He jokingly offers to shoot Mr. White for not returning Joe's notebook, hinting at his eventual reveal as a violent psychopath, and establishing his laid-back personality… which he keeps even as he brutally tortures a cop.
• Et Tu, Brute?: Has a small moment of this after Mr. Orange pumps him full of lead, likely having realized that he was the traitor.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • He could have easily walked when caught four years prior and implicated his boss, but chose to take the sentence instead.
  • Like many others at the table, he's annoyed with Mr. Pink for not tipping the waitresses.
  • It's minor but he also seems a little uncomfortable with Mr Brown's analysis of "Like A Virgin", preferring to think of it as simply a sweet story about a nice girl who meets the right guy.
• Evil Sounds Raspy: He's the most evil character in the film, and is played by famous raspy sounding Michael Madsen.
• Fatal Flaw: His violent tendencies and love of carnage end up messing up the whole robbery and getting almost everyone killed, himself included.
• Faux Affably Evil: He can be fun to be around and has Michael Madsen's disarming smile and easy charm, even as he cheerfully cuts off a struggling cop's ear while dancing to "Stuck in the Middle with You". This only serves to amp up how much of a psychopath he is.
• For the Evulz: This is his motivation for torturing the cop, among other things. He doesn't even care if he gets any information out of them in the process.
• Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Apathetic. He's not worried in the slightest about going to prison or being caught by the cops — all he cares about is finishing the job, and maybe having a little fun along the way.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic — he's the stone-cold, introverted badass who hides his psychopathic streak from the others.
• Freudian Excuse: It's implied his time in prison messed him up, and that he used to be less unstable during previous jobs. The many instances of Prison Rape he's suggested to have gone through likely didn't help.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: With the exception of the Cabots. White and Pink are understandably pissed at him for having turned a simple heist into a shooting spree.
• Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook: It's implied that he used to be relatively well-adjusted (as much as a career criminal can be, anyway) and that his time in prison made him the sadistic asshole he is today.
• Happy Dance: He does one in a very dark and twisted version of the trope when he's torturing Marvin Nash.
• The Heavy: Even considering the sting set up by The Mole, Mr. Blonde is still the most responsible one for the heist going wrong, having gone on a violent killing spree simply because someone pulled the alarm. Even the main characters acknowledge this.
• Instant Death Bullet: Averted. He's shot 13 times in the chest, but when Mr. Orange runs out of ammo, he lingers for several seconds before dropping dead.
• It Amused Me: His motivation for torturing Marvin Nash, as he admits, is that "it's amusing, to me, to torture a cop."
• Jerkass: He's an unrepentant asshole, sociopath, and provoker, after all.
• Jerk Ass Has A Point: Invoked, though not by Mr. Blonde himself. While his shooting up of the jewelry store was completely heinous, the instant response time from the police to the location is the first thing that tips off Mr. Pink there may be a mole. It also leads Pink to completely trust Blonde, as he knows there is no way a man as psychotic as Blonde is could possibly be working with the police.
• Karmic Death: After torturing and trying to kill a cop, he's killed by another cop. Mr. Blonde also emptied his gun on many innocent bystanders after freaking out during the robbery. He dies when Mr. Orange empties his gun on him.
• Kill It with Fire: He tries to do this to Marvin Nash.
  Mr. Blonde: You all done? (as Nash begins protesting again) Have some fire, scarecrow.
• Lack of Empathy: He has absolutely no empathy, except for maybe the Cabots, but even then the elder is his boss and the younger is a close friend of his.
• The Millstone: Every complication the robbers face after the alarm goes off can be traced back to him. Thanks to his killing spree, at least half of his team, including himself, are dead by the end of the movie. Even in the past, he got himself caught in a botched robbery and did four years in jail for it.
• Moral Sociopathy: He'll torture and murder innocent people, but he refuses to give info to the authorities on his boss.
• Multiple Gunshot Death: Mr. Orange empties his pistol into him, thirteen rounds overall, to keep him from killing Officer Marvin.
• Non-Indicative Name: He has jet black hair despite being called "Mr Blonde".
• The Only One I Trust: Both Mr. Pink and Joe Cabot single him out as being most definitely not an undercover cop, albeit for different reasons (Pink because Blonde's too much of a psycho to be an undercover cop, Joe because Blonde has previously demonstrated his Undying Loyalty to him).
• Out of Focus: He doesn't speak in any of the flashbacks that take place after his death.
• Painless Death for a Price: Discussed and defied. He says that he doesn't care what his torture victim (Marvin Nash), knows or doesn't know, he will torture him either way.
• Prison Rape: It's implied that he raped people while in prison, and that he got raped himself.
• Psycho for Hire: Extra emphasis on the 'psycho' part.
• Psycho Knife Nut: He keeps a straight razor in his boot, which he uses to torture Marvin.
• Psycho Party Member: One of the archetypical examples. He is a violent maniac who's first instinct when the alarm triggers is to go on a killing spree, which makes the heist go even further into hell and pisses off the more professionally-minded members of the team. He then makes things even worse by kidnapping a cop because he wanted to torture a cop, with his attempted explanation of "maybe he knows who the rat is" turning out to be more of an ironic coincidence. Ironically, it's the "murderous maniac" part of his attitude that automatically eliminates him as a candidate for being the rat.
• Sacrificial Lion: While not sympathetic, he's the first major character to bite the dust, which ups the ante for the film.
• Sadist: His defining trait is his love of inflicting violence, to the point that you have to wonder if he went along on the robbery more for this reason than for money.
• Same Surname Means Related: Tarantino says he and Vince Vega from Pulp Fiction are brothers.
• Shoot Everything That Moves: During the heist he starts to kill all people one by one after they set off the alarm - which White points out was completely unnecessary and only made their task harder, instead they just should have escaped as fast as possible. However, the fast response time by the police is the first thing that tips off Mr. Pink that they have a mole in the group.
• Siblings in Crime: His brother, Vince Vega, is in the same business as he is, although it would appear that the two work for different bosses.
• Slasher Smile: He has Michael Madsen's famous grin, and it nicely reflects just how depraved he is.
• Smoking Is Cool: He's puffing on a cigarette in most of his scenes.
• The Sociopath: He's one of the least sympathetic members of the gang for this reason.
• Softspoken Sadist: He never raises his voice, even when he's describing to the cop how much he'll enjoy torturing him, or justifying killing a crowd of people in a store because the alarm went off.
• Spanner in the Works: For both the robbers and the cops, the robbers because he goes on a shooting spree inside the jewelry store, the cops because the shooting spree forces them to tip their hand and tip the robbers off to the set-up, turning a (potentially) nonlethal sting into a massacre for all sides.
  • His death also serves as one. Because he's so loyal to Nice Guy Eddie and Joe Cabot, when Mr. Orange tries to claim that he shot Blonde because Blonde was going to kill them all and steal the diamonds for himself, Eddie doesn't believe the story for one second leading to the final confrontation.
• The Stoic: He's cool, calm, and a murderous nut.
• Stupid Evil: Things go much worse for the crew than they otherwise would've because of his inability to control his violent, sadistic impulses.
• Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed, as his other teammates are all brutal criminals themselves (and one undercover cop), but Blonde is the only Ax-Crazy psychopath; he guns down civilians for little reason and tortures cops for his own amusement.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: Offscreen. It's implied that he used to be a nice guy, and his stint in prison really messed him up.
• Tranquil Fury: Never raises his voice or loses his cool, but is strangely aggressive at times.
• Undying Loyalty: For all his numerous faults, he is intensely loyal to the Cabot family.
• Uniformity Exception: He wears cowboy boots instead of regular shoes like the others.
• Villain Has a Point: While it doesn't justify what he did, triggering the alarm when you're being ordered not to at gunpoint is an easy way to get yourself killed. Notably, Mr. White has no retort to this other than calling him a psychopath.
• Villain Protagonist: Played completely straight when you play as him in the video game.
• Villainous Breakdown: Nope. He's the only character in the whole movie who never loses his composure.
• Villainous Friendship: One of his few human traits is that he seems to genuinely like Joe and Eddie and sincerely appreciates the kindness they have shown him.
• A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: How he was able to hide his sadistic side behind that affable facade is a mystery...

Mr. Pink

Mr. Pink

"Come on, guys! Nobody wants this! We're supposed to be fucking professionals!"

Portrayed By: Steve Buscemi

A young robber, logical yet neurotic.

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• Asshole Victim: He's a generally obnoxious criminal and thus deserves his eventual fate, but his overall spinelessness keeps him under everyone else's radar, allowing him to escape the Mexican Standoff near the finale alive (albeit in police custody).
• Atrocious Alias: He objects to "Mr. Pink", but Joe won't budge on it; Joe picks the colors himself because he doesn't want the robbers squabbling over codenames. The old man quips that it could be worse:
  Joe Cabot: Be thankful you're not Mr. Yellow.
• Author Avatar: Tarantino originally wrote the part for himself, so he's a fast-talking guy who loves seventies music and television shows.
• Beard of Evil: He's a Jerkass and amoral criminal with a natty-looking goatee.
• Burger Fool: Implied Trope. He refuses to tip the waitress at the diner on principle and calls out society's double standards over which jobs are considered tip-worthy. He then mentions that he used to have a job like that himself and points out that working at McDonald's is hard too.
• Butt-Monkey: He's mocked, disrespected, beaten, and dubbed Mr. Pink. He's also arrested at the end of the story, with the implication that he was shot during the ensuing struggle.
• Can't Get Away with Nuthin': It seems at first that he'll be the only member of the team to survive the robbery, which is fitting since he's put by far the most effort in getting away unharmed, only to be arrested offscreen as he's making his way out.
• The Complainer Is Always Wrong: The entire movie, Mr. Pink is trying to convince White to just abandon Orange to his fate so that they can make off with the diamonds on their own. Subverted, as that probably would have been the smartest thing to do.
• Consummate Professional: He's the only one of the robbers who fits the bill, and is quite insistent on everyone else acting professional too. However, Pink turns out to be Not So Above It All when he gleefully takes part in beating up the cop until Eddie has to remind him why that's a stupid idea.
• Cop Killer: During his escape, he kills a couple of cops.
• Deadpan Snarker: More so than anyone else, especially with his "World's Smallest Violin" line. Being played by Steve Buscemi makes it inevitable he'd be this.
• Dirty Coward: While there was likely no way to stop his companions from killing each other without getting himself killed as well, Mr. Pink does himself no favors by hiding during the shootout and then high-tailing it while Mr. White bleeds out.
• Establishing Character Moment: He refuses to tip the waitress, and explains he'd only do so if she did a fantastic job, showing that he's self-centered, a perfectionist, and has little sympathy for others. He's also very high-strung; he guzzles coffee like an addict, prompting Nice Guy Eddie to tease him that another cup of coffee is "the last fucking thing you need."
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Despite his obvious racism, he considers black people to be more human than the fuzz, and is shocked over Blonde murdering an innocent black woman.
  • He hates cops to the point of beating Marvin Nash to near unconsciousness, but he gags when telling the others that Marvin's ear had been hacked off by Mr. Blonde.
• Flipping the Bird: An eagle-eyed viewer will notice that he plays the World's Smallest Violin with his middle finger.
• Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Cynic.
• Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric — he's the domineering, obsessive perfectionist who takes charge when the heist goes awry.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Like Mr. White, Mr. Pink is a hothead, hence why their relationship is particularly volatile. The moment they're left alone with each other, things devolve so far that they pull guns on each other, and are only broken apart by the arrival of Mr. Blonde.
• Hyper-Competent Sidekick: Despite the heist getting botched, Pink still manages to make off with the diamonds and shake off the cops. It's strongly implied he gets arrested off-screen: he can be heard yelling "Don't shoot, I've been shot, goddammit!" at the cops.
• Hypocrite: For all of his grandstanding about being professional, Mr. Pink himself is decidedly quite unprofessional when it comes to accepting his name (complaining that it sounds gay, and repeatedly trying to get Joe Cabot to change it), and showing courtesy to others (namely, refusing to tip at a restaurant because he felt entitled to exceptional service).
• It's All About Me: At the end of the day, whether he's on the job or not, Mr. Pink cares about no one but himself. His whole philosophy regarding why he doesn't tip is based on the fact that he personally doesn't care about the financial situation of the people serving him, yet expects nothing but exceptional service from them. When the robbery has gone wrong, Mr. Pink is motivated primarily about what could happen to him specifically if they don't do what he considers to be the right and pragmatic choice.
• Jerkass: He's not very sympathetic toward others, as shown during the tip conversation, and is quite callous when it comes to Mr. Orange's injuries, stating that some are lucky and some aren't.
• Jerkass Has a Point:
  • That being said, his insistence on being professional and pragmatic, while making him look like a complete asshole, is also vindicated by the finale, where his decision to simply cut his losses and run results in him being the only member of the group who survives the heist and its immediate aftermath, though whether or not he gets away is left ambiguous.
  • He makes several other good points in the film, such as telling Mr. White that he shouldn't have told Mr. Orange his real name, and is proven right by the fact that Orange is a cop. He also points out they shouldn't stay at the warehouse in case of it not being safe there and the possibility of cops showing up, which like the name point, is justified by Mr. Orange later telling Marvin that the cops are waiting outside the warehouse.
• Lovable Coward: Mr. Pink is an asshole, a criminal, and a coward, but his desire to remain professional and avoid letting personal feelings get in the way makes him surprisingly sympathetic.
• Meaningful Name: Pink is kind of a pussy, as he complains his name is too close to; he is prone to panic, but is too scared to really run for it (his partners would kill him) and instead opts to complain about the situation.
• Must Have Caffeine: His high-strung nature is implied in part to be caused by over-caffeination: he complains that the waitress didn't top off his coffee enough times for his liking, which the others mock him for.
  Mr. Pink: Look, I ordered coffee. Now we've been here a long fucking time and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee, I want it filled six times.
  Mr. Blonde: Six times. Well, what if she's too fucking busy?
  Mr. Pink: The words "too fucking busy" shouldn't be in a waitress's vocabulary.
  Nice Guy Eddie: Excuse me, Mr. Pink, but I think the last fucking thing you need is another cup of coffee.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: He ends up on the receiving end of one from Mr. White after Pink gets a little too callous about Mr. Orange's injury. When Blonde arrives with a tied-up Nash, Pink, White, and Blonde deliver one to Nash trying to discover the identity of The Mole.
• Offscreen Karma: He survives the shoot-out between White, Eddie, and Joe and flees the warehouse, but runs straight into the arms of the cops, who audibly arrest him. With everyone else dead, he will likely take the full brunt of blame for the robbery.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: He's the only major character whose name we never find out. Appropriate, given his professionalism.
• Only Sane Man: He spends a lot of time playing this role ("Am I the only fucking professional here!?") as things get more heated between the other thieves.
• Pet the Dog: He actually is willing to take Orange to the hospital until White admits he previously revealed his real name to Orange.
• Pink Is for Sissies: He dislikes being called Mr. Pink specifically because of its effeminate connotations ("'Mr. Pink' sounds like 'Mr. Pussy'") and tries to have it changed to something manlier like Mr. Purple, to no avail.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: On top of being a very unpleasant person, he is also a blatant racist, mocking Mr. White and Mr. Blonde's behavior as being that of "fucking niggers". Surprisingly, he is disgusted with Mr. Blonde's killing of a 21-year-old or younger black woman.
• Pragmatic Villainy: He is a professional criminal, emphasis on "professional": he won't shoot or steal or abandon someone for no good reason.
• Properly Paranoid: Downplayed. He's right that there's a police mole inside their crew, but doesn't take this to its logical conclusion. If he actually trusted his gut about the set-up and didn't go to the warehouse again after the robbery, he would have gotten away with the diamonds.
• Psycho Pink: Mr. Pink is one of the members of the heist crew, and he's a violent, cowardly racist. Downplayed, as he's one of the more level-headed and pragmatic members of the crew, thinks Blonde's murder of a woman who was 21 at the oldest was too much, and tries to calm everyone down when shit hits the fan with White and the Cabots.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He wants to do this so badly throughout the movie. He ends up making good on his word in the end when everyone shoots each other, and Pink decides to bail with the jewels. He still gets arrested off-screen, though.
• The Scrooge: He refuses to tip a waitress a single dollar when Joe Cabot is already paying for breakfast for eight men.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: It's natural that he should be one, given that he's a character in a Tarantino movie originally written for Tarantino himself, and Mr. Pink lives up to expectations, being one of the most foul-mouthed characters in the movie.
• The Smart Guy: He's shown to have more common sense than the others, opting to leave the hideout right away rather than stay and wait to be caught. He finally goes through with this at the end, but ultimately waited too long...
• Sole Survivor: He's the only main character still alive at the end of the movie, a first for a Chronically Killed Actor like Buscemi.
• Spotting the Thread: The fact that the cops showed up immediately when Mr. Blonde started shooting tipped Mr. Pink off that there's a mole in the group.
• Token Evil Teammate: Subverted (that honor would go to Mr. Blonde), but he's the "Token Jerkass Teammate", as he's the only robber who doesn't tip his waitresses, and also the only one not to put a polite front during the job.
• Uniformity Exception: He's the only member of the group who wears jeans with his suit instead of slacks.

Mr. Brown

Mr. Brown

Portrayed By: Quentin Tarantino

The getaway driver for the heist.

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• Affably Evil: While he's kind of a pervert, you wouldn't know he's a career criminal by hearing him enthusiastically ramble about Madonna.
• Alas, Poor Villain: When he's shot in the head, Mr. Orange (the undercover cop) tries to comfort him as he dies, and is later left in shock for a few seconds before being snapped out of it by Mr. White. Joe Cabot is also angry enough at his death to storm in the rendezvous point by himself to take care of the snitch.
• All Men Are Perverts: This can be assumed from listening to his rant about "Like A Virgin" being all about "dick". His biography on the DVD also discloses that he has a large collection of porn magazines.
• Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: He gets easily distracted, and once his breakdown of "Like a Virgin" is interrupted a discussion on Madonna's other works, he complains that they made him "lose his train of thought", and then states that he forgot what he was talking about.
• AM/FM Characterization: He's clearly a Madonna fan, as he goes into a lengthy diatribe about "Like a Virgin". This rant also establishes that he's a sex-obsessed Motor Mouth with strong opinions about pop culture.
• Atrocious Alias: He complains that his codename is "a little too close to 'Mr. Shit.'"
• Badass Driver: He manages to drive Mr. White and Mr. Orange away from the danger zone despite having a bullet in his forehead.
• Boom, Headshot!: An odd subversion, in that he dies from a shot to the head, but not right away.
• Creator Cameo: He's played by the director of the movie.
• Death by Cameo: He establishes Tarantino's staple of appearing in his films only to be unceremoniously killed off.
• The Driver: He's the crew's getaway driver.
• Instant Death Bullet: Averted — he gets shot in the forehead and tries to pull the getaway car out, but crashes it into a police car and ends up dying of his wound before he can help Mr. White and Mr. Orange escape.
• Lovable Sex Maniac: His enthusiasm when describing his interpretation of "Like A Virgin" suggests this, and he also dies before being able to do anything evil beyond assisting in the robbery.
• Made of Iron: He manages to drive a car (albeit not very well) after being given a Boom, Headshot!.
• Mauve Shirt: He gets more characterization than Mr. Blue, but still has very little screentime before dying.
• Motor Mouth: He won't stop talking during the opening scene. At one point, Mr. White (who wasn't even paying too much attention to his rambles) tells Joe Cabot that he heard nothing but "Madonna's big dick" from his left ear.
• No Name Given: We never learn his name.
• Pop-Cultured Badass: Downplayed on the badass part, as he dies quickly, but he was semi-able to drive before the bullet in the head did him in, and rants about Madonna to open the movie.
• Reality Is Unrealistic: The bullet that went through his brain? Not an Instant Death Bullet; he lingers on for some time before dying.
• 'Tis Only a Bullet in the Brain: That bullet to the forehead takes its sweet time killing him.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He has precious little screentime before kicking the bucket.

Mr. Blue

Mr. Blue

Portrayed By: Edward Bunker

An old robber, he's one of the six men assembled for the heist.

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• '80s Hair: He rocks a gray-brown mullet.
• Affably Evil: He's the first character to get angry at Mr. Pink for refusing to tip the waitresses, and he's also the only one not to start any shit with his fellow robbers.
• Alas, Poor Villain: When he doesn't turn up at the rendezvous point, everyone (aside from Mr. Blonde) is worried about him, though this is overshadowed by the suspicion that he's the rat. When Joe Cabot finds out about his death, he gets so angry that he storms in the rendezvous point himself and tries to kill Mr. Orange (the true rat) in retaliation.
• AM/FM Characterization: He admits that he only liked Madonna's earlier music, but "tuned out" when she changed her style. This is about the only characterization he gets.
• Cigar Chomper: He smokes cigars (not cigarettes like everyone else), and the video game even has him put his stogie out in someone's eye as a finishing move.
• Cool Old Guy: An elderly jewel thief who listens to Madonna.
• Deadpan Snarker: When the others are trying to convince Mr. Pink to give the waitress a tip.
  Mr. Pink: She was okay, but she was nothing special.
  Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your dick?
• Even Evil Has Standards: Virtually all of his dialogue is him arguing in favor of tipping waitresses.
• Evil Old Folks: He's the oldest of the bank robbers.
• Killed Offscreen: The only reason we know he died is because Joe said so. And no one is sure how, though it's hinted —- and outright confirmed in the video game adaptation —- that he died outside of a theatre.
• Manly Facial Hair: He sports a neat mustache that fits a Cool Old Guy like himself very well.
• No Name Given: Along with Mr. Pink and Mr. Brown, we never find out his real name.
• Only Sane Man: He's easily the most professional and level-headed of the team, possibly even surpassing Mr. Pink. When he's killed, everyone around him turns against each other.
• Out of Focus: He's by far the least developed heist member of the cast. We don't even get to see him die onscreen like with Mr. Brown, and rather we're told he died outside a theater by Nice Guy Eddie.
• The Quiet One: He does speak, but less so than the other characters, given his limited screentime.
• Red Herring: He disappears during the heist, and Mr. Pink straight up questions if he's the rat. Nope, he's dead. Orange is the rat.
• Red Shirt: He doesn't even die onscreen, although this is somewhat necessary, as Eddie Bunker was a convicted felon, and, hence, was legally prohibited from so much as holding a gun (which would have been needed for the death scene).
• Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Even the tagline sometimes says "five men" instead of six.
• Smoking Is Cool: He smokes cigars, in contrast to the cigarettes the other guys smoke.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: He only appears in the restaurant scene and the scene where the crew is given their aliases. The rest of the characters don't know what happened to him after the heist, until it's revealed he got killed by the cops.

The Cabots

Joe Cabot

Joe Cabot

"Alright ramblers, let's get ramblin'!"

Portrayed By: Lawrence Tierney

A local mob boss and the father of Nice Guy Eddie, he's the mastermind behind the jewel heist.

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• Affably Evil: When not focused on his work, he can be pleasant company and is capable of being reasoned with, even telling someone who owes him money not to worry as he knows they'll pay him back.
• Alas, Poor Villain: As he turns out to be correct about Mr. Orange being the rat, his death was completely unnecessary in retrospect, and Mr. White breaks down crying upon realizing that he killed him while defending the man who got everyone else killed.
• Asshole Victim: He might've been a Benevolent Boss, but he was still a racist Grumpy Old Man who organizes a heist which ends with multiple deaths, including innocents, police officers, and two of his own men. When it all goes to shit, he blames only the alleged rat and tries to gun him down without hearing any of Mr. White's justifications.
• Bald of Evil: Orange even says he looks just like the Thing.
• Benevolent Boss: He's grouchy and not very sociable but he treats his men fairly well and can be good company when not focusing on a job.
• Big Bad: He's the mastermind behind the jewel heist.
• Brooklyn Rage: He's played by Brooklyn native Lawrence Tierney with his famous accent and is usually in a bad mood.
• Cool Old Guy: When not being a Jerkass, he can be quite sociable. Mr. Orange explicitly describes him as "a cool guy".
• Et Tu, Brute?: He has a betrayed expression on his face when Mr. White points his gun at him.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He's upset that Mr. Blonde got a "ball-bustin' prick" of a parole officer for robbery while a punk who killed an old woman over 25 cents got a much better deal.
• Evil Debt Collector: Subverted. One of his first scenes begins with him on the phone reassuring someone not to worry about the money they owe him, as he knows they'll pay him back.
• Evil Old Folks: He's quite old, and is a mob boss.
• Fat Bastard: He's an elderly, obese crime boss.
• A Father to His Men: One of his henchmen is his son, and Blonde seems to be a surrogate one. He pays for everyone's lunch at the start of the film.
• Grumpy Old Man: He's rarely in a good mood.
• Gut Feeling: What tipped him off that Mr. Orange was the rat. He's the only man with whom he wasn't wasn't 100% sure on hiring him.
  "You don't need proof when you have instinct"
• The Irish Mob: Cabot is a mobster of Irish descent who organizes the whole heist, so naturally he counts as an example.
• Jerkass: Though quite affable for a mob boss, he's overall a grouchy, racist, somewhat misogynistic old man. Of course, he also hates cops, which comes out near the end of the film.
• Jerkass Has a Point: As it turns out, his Gut Instinct was right: Mr. Orange was the rat.
• Orcus on His Throne: He plans out the robbery that the other robbers, sans his son Eddie, carry out, yet he doesn't take part in the robbery itself. The only time he attempts to get his hands dirty is when he appears at the warehouse to personally kill the robber who was The Mole to the police, who happens to be Mr. Orange.
• Outliving One's Offspring: For a split second, at least. Though he's shot a second before his son Eddie, he clutches his wound in agony before collapsing, unlike Eddie, who immediately falls dead.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: He casually throws around slurs like "coon" and "jungle bunny".
• Punch-Clock Villain: He can be a friendly guy when not working as his greeting of Vic and scenes with White show and tells the other thieves that they'll "find him a different character" when the job is finished.
• Too Dumb to Live: Mr. White explicitly tells him: "you shoot that man, you die next". Twice. He shoots anyway.

Nice Guy Eddie

"Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot

Portrayed By: Chris Penn

Joe Cabot's son, helping the latter run the Family Business. Not actually nice.

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• Affably Evil: He's nice to his friends… but isn't quite as nice to cops or people shooting his closest friends.
• Alas, Poor Villain: He's killed trying to avenge his father from his friend Mr. White, and the latter breaks down after shooting him.
• Asshole Victim: He initially seems to live up to his nickname, but is in fact as ruthless as Mr. Blonde. His reaction to the others telling him that Mr. Blonde had jeopardized the heist by going off the rails is basically a "So what?" In addition, when Mr. Orange tells Eddie that Mr. Blonde tortured a cop and nearly set him on fire as justification for shooting Mr. Blonde, his reaction is to shoot the cop Blonde maimed without a second thought. There's a reason he and Blonde were best friends.
• Beware the Nice Ones: He's chubby, goofy, and really doesn't look too threatening, especially when surrounded by cool criminals in suits and ties. He has a higher-pitched and lighthearted manner of speaking, but when shit hits the fan, it changes to something deep and more diabolical.
• Cop Killer: He executes Marvin Nash.
• The Dragon: To his father. Joe is the brains behind the operation, while Eddie is more heavily involved in the heist and the one responsible for enacting his father's will.
• Et Tu, Brute?: He's more betrayed by Mr. White pointing a gun at his dad than Mr. Orange being the rat.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He's somewhat disgusted by Mr. Pink's refusal to tip the waitress. He also opposes torturing Marvin Nash, albeit for pragmatic reasons:
  Eddie: If you fucking beat this prick long enough, he'll tell you he started the goddamn Chicago fire! Now that don't necessarily make it fucking so!
  • As it turns out, he's right; while Marvin doesn't confess to anything, he also doesn't admit to knowing who The Mole is until after Mr. Blonde has been shot dead and he's no longer being tortured by him.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He flips out when Mr. White points his gun at Joe near the end. He also seems to care about Mr. Blonde too, and when the two reunite, they wrestle each other playfully. When Eddie sees Blonde's dead body on the floor, he is noticeably upset and almost on the verge of tears.
• Fat Bastard: He's quite heavyset, temperamental, and abrasive, in addition to being a criminal.
• Fiery Redhead: He has dark red hair and a fearsome temper.
• Fluffy the Terrible: Nice Guy Eddie is more dangerous than his name and clothes leads on. He unceremoniously kills Marvin Nash after Orange's fake story to show he isn't buying it.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Somewhere between played straight and justified. He IS the one character in the film who gets set off by far the easiest and shows the most aggressive reactions, but still has good reason to be angry: the heist terribly failed and there's good reason to believe there was a mole; also he sees Blonde dead with Orange (who is already very suspicious of being the mole) suggesting that Blonde (who has been loyal to the Cabots all along) wanted to rip all of them off; also White still takes sides with Orange, even against Joe's suuspicions.
• Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: During his "playful" wrestling match with Mr. Blonde, which contains some extremely homoerotic banter:
  Nice Guy Eddie: Look, Vic. Whatever you wanna do in the privacy of your own home, go to it. But don't try to fuck me. I mean, I don't think of you that way. I like you a lot, buddy, but I don't think of you that way.
• Ironic Nickname: He's more of a Comparatively Nice Guy Eddie.
• Jerkass Has a Point: His abrasiveness makes the viewers root against him during the discussion, but he was right in that Mr. Blonde wasn't a sell-out and in that Mr. Orange was the true rat.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: He makes openly racist and anti-Semitic remarks whenever he can.
• Sir Swears-a-Lot: Along with Mr. Pink, Nice Guy Eddie's one of the most foul-mouthed characters in the movie. Nearly every line of his has an F-bomb laced in it somewhere.
• Stupid Evil: He's not an outright idiot, but he's not particularly perceptive either. He's forgetful and unable to put details together. He was formerly under the impression that "the cheating wife shot Andy" in the opening conversation, thinks that Pam Grier played the titular character of a Christie Love TV show. Also while he (somewhat understandably) doesn't believe that Blonde is the rat, he also doesn't believe the first part of the story that Mr. Orange is telling, that Blonde went berserk on the cop, even though there are obvious signs that this is true.
• Tranquil Fury: When Mr. Orange tries accusing Mr. Blonde of being the rat, Eddie calmly breaks down how that cannot be, before suddenly screaming his head off at Mr. Orange for killing him.
• Undying Loyalty: To his dad and Mr. Blonde. He goes ballistic when the latter is killed, and dies avenging the former.
• Villainous Breakdown: When Eddie gets involved in the Mexican Standoff between himself, his dad and Mr. White, he screams at Mr. White to stop pointing his gun at his dad before shooting him.
• Villainous Friendship: He and Mr. Blonde playfully wrestle like children when the latter gets released from prison. He's pissed when he returns to find Orange has shot Blonde, and throws the accusation that he's a traitor out immediately.
• You Killed My Father: True to his word, he shoots Mr. White when the latter kills his dad, getting himself shot as well in the process.

The Cop

Marvin Nash

Marvin Nash

Portrayed By: Kirk Baltz

A police officer taken hostage by Mr Blonde.

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• Ain't Too Proud to Beg: After Mr. Blonde tortures him, Nash begs him to stop as soon as the tape on his mouth comes loose.
• Badass in Distress: He may beg, but he's got balls of steel with the whole "not ratting out Mr. Orange" thing, and spends all his screentime as a hostage to a terrifyingly violent career criminal.
• The Chew Toy: He's kidnapped during a robbery, beaten, tied to a chair and tortured by a psychopath, and nearly set on fire. In the end, he is shot after having had his ear cut off.
• Cold-Blooded Torture: He's subjected to this by Mr. Blonde. At this point, his death at Eddie's hands is almost a Mercy Kill.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Averted. He's spared of this thanks to Mr. Orange's intervention. Though he dies anyway, it's from several bullets to the chest instead.
• Death by Disfigurement: He's killed after he receives facial scars and loses an ear, even pointing out that he's "deformed" before he's killed.
• Defiant to the End: He'd rather get burned to death than give up Mr. Orange. Downplayed a bit in that just before the torture gets really severe, he's explicitly told by Mr. Blonde that even his confession wouldn't stop the torture at all —- and, conversely, he could also have realized that staying true to this trope might actually be his only, however slim, chance to make it out alive.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: He just barely escapes a painful death at Mr. Blonde's hands and hears Mr. Orange's whole story… only to get filled full of holes by Nice Guy Eddie in about two seconds afterwards.
• Ear Ache: Blonde slices one of his ears off.
• Hope Spot: As he's about to die a gruesome death, Mr. Orange briefly regains consciousness and saves him by killing Mr. Blonde. However, his savior is still too injured to move, let alone release him, so Marvin simply remains tied to the chair until Eddie arrives and executes him.
• Human Shield: Mr. Blonde uses him as one during the getaway.
• I Have a Family: An ad-lib by Kirk Baltz has him say this while begging Mr. Blonde not to burn him alive.
• Made of Iron: He's driven around in a trunk, beaten up, has his face cut and his ear hacked off, and still doesn't give up Mr. Orange.
• Man on Fire: Narrowly averted. Mr. Blonde tries to off him this way, but he's saved in the nick of time by Mr. Orange. It doesn't work, but he is saved either way.
• Police Are Useless: Subverted It seems like he's incompetent for being kidnapped by Mr. Blonde. He's actually in on the police sting, and brave enough to choose getting burned alive over blowing Mr. Orange's cover. He just got unlucky.
• Secret Secret-Keeper: As it turns out, he knows Mr. Orange is a cop, but never rats him out to Mr. Blonde despite the horrific torture he subjects him to.
• Shoot the Shaggy Dog: Eddie literally shoots him three times out of anger for Mr. Orange killing Mr. Blonde to save him
• The Watson: He serves as this to Mr. Orange, who fills both him and the audience in on the cops' involvement in the heist.
• What the Hell, Hero?: He's not happy that Mr. Orange won't call for backup.

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