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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Ends up saving Mark's life in ''Film/T2Trainspotting'', and is overall much less of a sociopathic womanizer in the films and his friendship with Mark is far more genuinehhh]].

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* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Ends up saving Mark's life in ''Film/T2Trainspotting'', and is overall much less of a sociopathic womanizer in the films films, being more of a small-time sleaze and con-artist but generally not dangerous rather than the borderline sex criminal he is in the books, and his friendship with Mark is far more genuinehhh]].genuine with the second film putting far more emphasis on their mutual affection]].



* TheDandy: Downplayed.

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* TheDandy: Downplayed.Downplayed but he's noticeably more concerned with his appearance than his friends, preferring bright colors and dying his hair.



* PoliticallyCorrectVillain: He's surprisingly accepting of gay people, mainly because he sees gay men as not being competition for the affections of women, and is completely accepting of his son coming out.



* SmallNameBigEgo: Becomes more apparent in ''Porno''.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: Becomes Sick Boy thinks of himself as an effortlessly charming ladies man, an intellectual and a criminal genius who can run circles around everyone. The reality is that he's little more apparent in ''Porno''.than a small-time conman and pick-up artist who even his friends regard as a sleaze not to be trusted and his schemes tend to backfire badly on him much of the time.


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* TattooedCrook: In the second film, he's as untrustworthy as ever and has picked up Jonny Lee Miller's real extensive tattoo collection.
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A cowardly bully and opportunist sleazebag, who most likely joined the psycho network out of self preservation. Picked on a kid in highschool and got into an altercation with Tommy as a result. By the Nineties, he's dabbling in smack with Andrew Galloway. At the TurnOfTheMillennium, he and Nelly end up at each other's throats. Later, in 2015, it's revealed that [[spoiler: he's HIV positive and is making heinous scud flicks with victimised girls]]. The newly reformed Begbie starts to see that Larry set him up for much of his problems in the past, and an angry Larry [[spoiler: falsely takes the credit for Sean's death]]. Then shit starts to hit the fan.

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A cowardly bully and opportunist sleazebag, who most likely joined the psycho network out of self preservation. Picked on a kid in highschool high school and got into an altercation with Tommy as a result. By the Nineties, he's dabbling in smack with Andrew Galloway. At the TurnOfTheMillennium, he and Nelly end up at each other's throats. Later, in 2015, it's revealed that [[spoiler: he's HIV positive and is making heinous scud flicks with victimised girls]]. The newly reformed Begbie starts to see that Larry set him up for much of his problems in the past, and an angry Larry [[spoiler: falsely takes the credit for Sean's death]]. Then shit starts to hit the fan.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Porno''.

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* TookALevelInKindness: In ''Porno''.''Porno'' as well as in T2 Trainspotting. In the movie, he genuinely tries to help Spud overcome his addiction and makes amends with Sick Boy as best he can.



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%%* SociopathicHero* SociopathicHero: He's a borderline NominalHero who doesn't give a damn who he hurts along the way, so long as he gets what he wants. But he is capable of genuine humanity at points and he goes up against people who are way worse than he is.



* DoesntLikeGuns: Zig zagged. Not out of morality, he just thinks they're boring (The UK's notoriously strict firearm laws also likely make practicality an issue). In the film, he's not above using a replica firearm as a WeaponForIntimidation. Same thing for an actual handgun in ''Dead Men's Trousers'', although he doesn't end up firing it.

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* DoesntLikeGuns: Zig zagged.ZigZagged. Not out of morality, he just thinks they're boring (The UK's notoriously strict firearm laws also likely make practicality an issue). In the film, he's not above using a replica firearm as a WeaponForIntimidation. Same thing for an actual handgun in ''Dead Men's Trousers'', although he doesn't end up firing it.


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* NiceGuy: He's a bit clueless, but he's probably the nicest guy of the story aside from Stevie.


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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: How everyone feels once he dies of AIDS-related illness due to drug abuse. Renton feels deep regret for getting him hooked on heroin in the first place.
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* AffablyEvilAffablyEvil: For a drug dealer, he's generally a nice guy so long as you don't get in his way.



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