A list of characters and tropes from the
Tomb Raider series.
Protagonists- Lara Croft
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Continuity Reboot and frequent
Darrin swapping have led to four radically different personalities for Lara Croft. Here are the tropes that each Lara generally possesses:
And here are the tropes each of Lara's iterations feature:
First Lara (Tomb Raider 1)Second Lara (Tomb Raider 2, 3)Third Lara (Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Chronicles, Angel of Darkness)Fourth Lara - first Continuity Reboot (Legend, Anniversary, Underworld)- Werner Von Croy
- Cycle of Revenge (Von Croy tries to kill Lara for leaving him in Cambodia. Then she tries to kill him for leaving her in Egypt.)
- Jerkass
- Left for Dead: Lara was reluctantly forced to leave him behind in a cave-in. Years later, it turned out he survived, albeit with a permanent leg injury.
- Mentors
- Poirot Speak, ja?
- Kurtis Trent
- Zip and Alister
Villains- Natla
- Larson Conway
- Affably Evil: The Anniversary remake paints him as this. He won't go out of his way to hurt or kill Lara unless he has no choice as shown in the quick time events. He even speaks to Lara as if they were friends. In one scene, he even shoves one of his own allies out of the way and then misses his shot when Lara was escaping, practically saving her life.
- The Ditz: In the original continuity only.
- Mr. Fanservice
- Even the Guys Want Him: (Hell, MOSTLY the guys want him!)
- Does This Remind You of Anything? (Him and Lara end up lying on top of each other in TRA)
- Groin Attack: Lara does this to him in Chronicles when he gets a bit too enthusiastic "searching" her.
- Made of Iron: In his first gun fight with Lara, he winds up with gunshot wounds to his right arm and left leg, but you wouldn't know it with the way he was threatening to shove the Scion up her wazoo. And in TRA, he takes several gunshots to the chest before giving up the ghost.
- Those Two Bad Guys: Him and Pierre.
- Took a Level in Dumbass: In Chronicles, he is a lot dumber that he was in his original appearance. This is also a somewhat confusing case, seeing as this segment of Chronicles takes place before the first game.
- Pierre Dupont
- Doppelgänger.
- Amanda Evert
- Blondes are Evil
- Perky Goth
- Start of Darkness: Forming a bond with some ancient entity and being abandoned by her best friend may have made her a little sour
- Villains Want Mercy: Averted hard. Even while staring down the barrel of Lara's gun and being completely at her mercy in Legend, she's still insulting her.
