History Characters / ReservoirDogs

* {{Geek}}: He has a ComicBook/SilverSurfer poster in his apartment, and talks about ComicBook/TheFantasticFour and ''Series/{{Baretta}}''.

* PopCulturedBadass: He's a fan of superheroes, and compares Cabot to [[ComicBook/TheFantasticFour the Thing]].

* AlasPoorVillain: Downplayed. [[spoiler: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 thr rest of the gang, however, Blonde is nothing but a vicious sociopath and a major liability who got what he deserved.]]

* InstantDeathBullet: {{Averted|Trope}}. He's shot 13 times in the chest, but when Mr. Orange runs out of ammo, he lingers for several seconds before dropping dead.

* KarmicDeath:
** After torturing and trying to kill a cop, he's killed by another cop.
** He emptied his gun on many innocent bystanders after freaking out during the robbery. He dies when Mr. Orange empties his gun on him.

* OutOfFocus: He doesn't speak in any of the flashbacks [[spoiler:that takes place after his death.]]

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: How he was able to hide his sadistic side behind that affable facade is a mystery…

* ButtMonkey: He's mocked, disrespected, beaten, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dubbed Mr. Pink.]] He's also arrested at the end of the story, with the implication that he was shot during the ensuing struggle.

* TokenEvilTeammate: 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 [[AffablyEvil put a polite front during the job]].

* TheSmartGuy: 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. [[spoiler:He finally goes through with this at the end, but ultimately waited too long…]]

* DeathByCameo: He establishes Tarantino's staple of appearing in his films only to be unceremoniously killed off.

* PopCulturedBadass: 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 Music/{{Madonna}} to open the movie.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: The bullet that [[BoomHeadshot went through his brain]]? ''Not'' an InstantDeathBullet; [[spoiler:he lingers on for some time before dying]].

* OutOfFocus: 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.

* RedShirt: [[spoiler: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).

* TheScrooge: He refuses to tip.

* DeadpanSnarker: More so than anyone else, especially with his "World's Smallest Violin" line.

* PunchClockVillain: He can be a friendly guy when not working as his greeting of Vic shows and tells the other thieves that they'll "find him a different character" when the job is finished.

* FaceDeathWithDespair: 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 man they turned out to have been rightfully assumed was a rat all along.

* EvilSoundsRaspy: He's the most evil character in the film, and is played by famous GutturalGrowler Michael Madsen.

* GutturalGrowler: Not as pronounced as Mr. Blonde's but he has a raspy voice.

[[folder: Mr. White]]

[[folder: Mr. Orange]]

[[folder: Mr. Blonde]]

* InstantDeathBullet: {{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.

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], as his other teammates are all brutal criminals themselves [[spoiler:(and one undercover cop)]], but Blonde is the only AxCrazy psychopath; he guns down civilians for little reason and tortures cops for his own amusement.

[[folder: Mr. Pink]]

--> '''Joe Cabot''': Be thankful you're not [[CowardlyYellow Mr. Yellow]].

* BurgerFool: ImpliedTrope. 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 [=McDonalds=] is hard too.

[[folder: Mr. Brown]]

* InstantDeathBullet: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] -- [[spoiler: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]].

[[folder: Mr. Blue]]

--> '''Mr. Pink:''' She was okay, but she was nothing special.
--> '''Mr. Blue:''' What's special? Take you in the back and suck your dick?

! The Cabots

[[folder: Joe Cabot]]

* OrcusOnHisThrone: 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 TheMole to the police, [[spoiler: who happens to be Mr. Orange]].

[[folder: Nice Guy Eddie]]

--> '''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!

-->'''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.

! The Cop

[[folder: Marvin Nash]]

* PoliceAreUseless: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] It seems like he's incompetent for being kidnapped by Mr. Blonde. [[spoiler: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.]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Eddie literally shoots him three times out of anger for Mr. Orange killing Mr. Blonde to save him]]

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:He’s not happy that Mr. Orange won’t call for backup.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Only Nice Guy Eddie and Joe Talbot 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 thr rest of the gang, however, Blonde is nothing but a vicious sociopath and a major liability who got what he deserved.]]

* AffablyEvil: For the Talbots only, with whom he has a VillainousFriendship. 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.

* DespairEventHorizon: He clearly crosses it after [[spoiler:Orange reveals himself as the rat, degenerating into ''heavy'' sobbing and ultimately killing 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]].

** When a dying Mr. Orange asks him his name, he told him against his principles, knowing that he didn't

* TranquilFury: When Mr. Orange tries accusing Mr. Blonde of being the rat, Eddie calmly breaks down how that cannot be, before [[SuddenlyShouting suddenly screaming his head off at Mr. Blonde for killing him]].

** He emptied his gun on many innocent bystanders after freaking out during the robbery. He dies when Mr. Pink empties his gun on him.

* AlasPoorVillain: Downplayed. [[spoiler: For Nice Guy Eddie and Joe Talbot, who 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 thr rest of the gang, however, Blonde is nothing but a vicious sociopath and a major liability who got what he deserved.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: For Nice Guy Eddie and Joe Talbot, who 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]].

* MotorMouth: He won't stop talking during the opening scene.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Virtually all of his dialogue is him arguing in favor of tipping waitresses.

* CopKiller: He guns down two police officers in their squad car.

* OnlySaneMan: He's easily the most professional and level-headed of the team, possibly even surpassing Mr. Pink. [[spoilers:When he's killed, everyone around him turns against each other]].

* CoolOldGuy: When not being a {{Jerkass}}, he can be quite sociable.

* {{Jerkass}}: 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.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: 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.

[[folder: Nice Guy Eddie]]
!!"Nice Guy" Eddie Cabot
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/ChrisPenn

Joe Cabot's son, helping the latter run the FamilyBusiness. [[IronicNickname Not actually nice]].

[[folder: Joe Cabot]]
!!Joe Cabot
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"Alright ramblers, let's get ramblin'!"'']]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/LawrenceTierney

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

* AffablyEvil: 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.
* AssholeVictim: He might've been a BenevolentBoss, but he was still a racist GrumpyOldMan 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.
* BaldOfEvil: Orange even says he looks just like [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing]].
* BenevolentBoss: 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.
* BigBad: He's the mastermind behind the jewel heist.
* BrooklynRage: He's played by Brooklyn native Lawrence Tierney with his famous accent and is usually in a bad mood.
* CoolOldGuy: When not being a {{Jerkass}}, he can be quite sociable.
* EvilDebtCollector: 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.
* EvilOldFolks: He's quite old, and is a mob boss.
* FatBastard: He's an elderly, obese crime boss.
* AFatherToHisMen: 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.
* GrumpyOldMan: He's rarely in a good mood.
* GutturalGrowler: Not as pronounced as Mr. Blonde's but he has a raspy voice.
* GutFeeling: What tipped him off that [[spoiler: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"
* TheIrishMob: Cabot is a mobster of Irish descent who organizes the whole heist, so naturally he counts as an example.
* {{Jerkass}}: 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.
* JerkassHasAPoint: As it turns out, [[spoiler:his GutInstinct was right: Mr. Orange ''was'' the rat]].
* OrcusOnHisThrone: 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 TheMole to the police, [[spoiler: who happens to be Mr. Orange]].
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: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]].
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He casually throws around slurs like "coon" and "jungle bunny".
* PunchClockVillain: He can be a friendly guy when not working as his greeting of Vic shows and tells the other thieves that they'll "find him a different character" when the job is finished.
* TooDumbToLive: Mr. White explicitly tells him: [[spoiler:"you shoot that man, you die next". ''Twice''. He shoots anyway]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Marvin Nash]]
!!Marvin Nash
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KirkBaltz

A police officer taken hostage by Mr Blonde.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: 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. Also he is very protective of Mr. Orange who he sees as a friend.

* TooDumbToLive: Mr. White explicitly told him [[spoiler:"you shoot that man, you die next". ''Twice''. He shoots anyway]].

* ColdBloodedTorture: He's subjected to this by Mr. Blonde. At this point, [[his death at Eddie's hands is almost a MercyKill]].