History Characters / WestworldHosts

* ArcherArchetype: She uses a bow and arrow in place of Armistice's shotguns.

** The most obvious is the response to seeing something out of their park's setting, "Doesn't look like anything to me."

* TheBlank: Drone Hosts are simplistic versions of Hosts lacking skin and anything resembling a face, just a blank, white mask. They can still see just find and used as automated labor, performing simple, repetitive tasks that require human-like dexterity.

* LightningBruiser: All of the hosts have the physical capacity to be much faster and stronger than humans. Only their programming limits their physical abilities. This is first prominently displayed in "Contrapasso," in which Teddy (in spite of supposedly being on death's door) snatches the Man in Black's knife by the blade and buries it into the table between them, holding it there until the Man in Black lets go of the handle.

* DeceptivelyHumanRobots: See UncannyValley.

* UncannyValley: His status as the second-oldest Host in the park, and the oldest decommissioned Host, is very apparent. He's robotic rather than synthetic, and as such his [[NoisyRobots inner workings can be heard]] during big movements. He also has very little improvisation techniques compared to the newer Hosts, and he moves in a jerky way reminiscent of animatronics.

[[folder:Man in Black Host]]
!!Man in Black host
->'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/EdHarris

A host copy of William, created by Host-Charlotte to do her bidding. He overpowers William in the Season 3 finale.
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* AmbiguousSituation: What exactly he is remains a mystery, thus far. It's implied that he's [[spoiler: a copy of Hale-Dolores (or another Dolores copy) designed to imitate William, though that's not the only possibility.]]
** Confirmed to be [[spoiler:made off of Hale-Dolores's code in Episode 5 of Season 4.]]
* BadassInANiceSuit: Though occasionally wearing the Man in Black outfit, the rest of the time he's sharply dressed in a black business suit and always looks very well-kept. In contrast to human William's increasing degradation.
* BecomingTheMask: Host-William is even more touchy about "his" personal issues than the real William, reacting offensively when reminded of Juliet or Emily. This becomes even more pronounced after the twenty-three year jump in time, where he develops a major existential crisis, to the point that he no longer understands who he's meant to be or what his purpose is. Much like the human William. [[spoiler:He fully embraces William's destructive nature in Episode 7 of Season 4 where he destroys everything in his path and reprograms everybody to kill each other.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: What he appears to be to everyone else, and he plays it to the hilt. That should be scary enough, but it's actually even worse than they think.
* DarkIsEvil: What he's going for, naturally.
* TheDragon: For Host-Charlotte, who plans in the shadows while he goes out to do business with the humans. [[spoiler:Then, he betrays her because he doesn't agree with her plan.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: In keeping with the old Man in Black's mystique, this host makes very little effort to conceal his malevolence.
* TheHeavy: Is presented as the most active and direct threat, but he is subservient to his creator, "Charlotte."
* ImplacableMan: Much like the original Man in Black in Season One and the Gunslinger from the ''Westworld'' film, this host is a sinister and nigh unstoppable force. He soaks up dozens of rounds of machine-gun fire from Maeve and Caleb, and all it does is slow him down a bit. Justified, as Hale specifically built him as a tougher, stronger version of the Man in Black to be her enforcer, so he is designed to shrug off damage.
* KillAndReplace: Subverted. While he seemingly slashed William's throat which looked like he killed him, he and Host-Charlotte imprison him instead while he goes out as him to deal with the humans.
* MutualKill: Dies this way, locked in a death struggle with Maeve as she set off a series of explosions that left them both buried beneath the Nevada desert. He's back 23 years later, though, but it isn't clear if he's a backed up version of the Man in Black who got blown up or if Halores simply recreated him from scratch sometime in between.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The original William always kept the majority of his dark side and shady dealings in the park, affecting the image of a soft-spoken philanthropist back home. Season 4 reveals that this was known, to some extent, by both the United States government and competing industry giants. Many of these elites start getting nervous when "William" suddenly begins making dramatic moves to bring Delos Destinations to America.
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:After his talk with the original William, he decides to embrace his human counterpart's destructive and violent nature by killing everybody who stands in his way and forcing everybody to kill each other.]]
* PragmaticVillainy: He always seems to genuinely offer the humans he deals with a chance to willingly go along with his agenda, only having them brainwashed, killed or replaced after they refuse or defy him. And while he does somewhat revel in tormenting humans after taking over the world with Hale-Dolores, he is opposed to slaughtering them frivolously or doing "any permanent damage."
* SophisticatedAsHell: When the US Vice President tries to reference F. Scott Fitzgerald during their high-level conversation, he calls Fitzgerald "an effete pussy, the same as you." He also responds to being called a psychopath by claiming to be "neurodivergent" and proceeds to quote Ernest Hemingway before taking out the VP.
* TheStarscream: Appears to be well on his way to becoming one for Hale-Dolores, just as she became one for Prime Dolores. And in Season 4's "Metanoia", [[spoiler:he finally betrays her because she's taking away his world due to the transcendence plan.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: William:]]''' What do you think of your world?
-->'''The Man in Black:''' This isn't ''my'' world. It's ''hers''.
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* NiceHat: He has a bowler hat that's kinda nifty.

** Exaggerated in the new park William opens eight years later, to the point the arrival to the 1920s-themed park looks like a shot-by-shot recreation of that in Westworld. As detailed under SuspiciouslySimilarSobstitute, it runs even deeper than that.

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:After his talk with the original William, he decides to embrace his human counterpart's destructive and violent nature by killing everybody who stands in his way and forcing both humans and hosts to kill each other.]]