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->'''Played By''': Creator/IsabellaRosellini

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->'''Played By''': Creator/IsabellaRosellini
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->'''Played By''': ''Creator/IsabellaRosellini''

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A depraved drug dealer who keeps Dorothy Vallens as his sex slave.

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* DarkIsEvil: He always dress in black.


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* EvilWearsBlack: He always dress in black.
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* TheSociopath: One of the most terrifying examples that cinema has given us. He simply cannot resist committing extremely despicable acts.

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* TheSociopath: One of the most terrifying examples that cinema has given us. He simply cannot resist For him, committing extremely despicable acts.acts of violence is as normal as breathing.
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* TheSociopath: A complete psychopath, Frank is probably one of the most well-known examples in film.

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* TheSociopath: A complete psychopath, Frank is probably one One of the most well-known terrifying examples in film.that cinema has given us. He simply cannot resist committing extremely despicable acts.
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* DamselInDistress: She is blackmailed and reduced to sex slavery by Frank. She is totally helpless. The film is about Jeffrey's attempt to help her.

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* DamselInDistress: She is blackmailed and reduced to sex slavery by Frank. She is totally helpless. The film is about Jeffrey's attempt to help her.
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* DamselInDistress: She is blackmailed by Frank and reduced to sex slavery by Frank. She is totally helpless. The film is about Jeffrey's attempt to help her.

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* DamselInDistress: She is blackmailed by Frank and reduced to sex slavery by Frank. She is totally helpless. The film is about Jeffrey's attempt to help her.




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* SexSlave: Frank has forced her to be his.
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* DamselInDistress: She is blackmailed by Frank and reduced to sex slavery by Frank. She is totally helpless. The film is about Jeffrey's attempt to help her.
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* TheChanteuse: She sings in a nightclub every night.

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* VaderBreath: Frank breathes through a gas mask when he is about to make something evil.


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* GirlNextDoor: Sandy is litteraly one for Jeffey. She is the "Betty" in the love triangle.
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* DarkIsEvil: He always dress in black.
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* SatanicArchetype: [[FridgeHorror Possibly]]. Frank is either a symbolic representation of evil, [[{{Satan}} the Devil incarnate]], or simply a psychopathic criminal.

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* CloudCuckooLander: And far from the pleasant kind.

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* CloudCuckooLander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: And far from the pleasant kind.



* LargeHam: The terrifying, psychotic variation.

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* {{Jerkass}}: And that's one of the ''nicest'' terms to describe him.
* LargeHam: The [[AxCrazy terrifying, psychotic variation. variation.]]


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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Not only is a sadistic psycho, he's also a violent, depraved rapist.
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* BettyAndVeronica: A much darker version than usual but Dorothy is nonetheless the Veronica to Sandy's Betty.


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* LargeHam: The terrifying, psychotic variation.


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* BettyAndVeronica: Wholesome, sweet Sandy is the Betty to Dorothy's dark, sexual Veronica.
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* OedipusComplex: Frank seems to fit the diagnosis as he sees Dorothy as his "mommy" and takes on the persona of "daddy" to rape her.
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* TheSociopath: A complete psychopath, Frank is probably one of the most well-known examples in film.
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* DepravedBisexual: He smears lipstick on to kiss Jeffrey all over the face with and calls his butt cute before trying to kill him.

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* DepravedBisexual: He smears lipstick on to kiss Jeffrey all over the face with and calls his butt cute before trying to kill him. The original screenplay heavily implies that Frank raped Jeffrey during the aforementioned incident.

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* AxCrazy: Merely being in the same room as him is a hazard in itself.

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* AxCrazy: Will murder, mutilate or batter at the slightest provocation. Merely being in the same room as him is a hazard in itself.


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* HairTriggerTemper: Raging at someone or something is practically his default state. It's easier to count the times he appears almost calm.
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* AxCrazy: Merely being in the same room as him is a hazard in itself.
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* CloudCuckooLander: And far from the pleasant kind.
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* AuthorAvatar: For Mr.Lynch himself, in how he behaves, looks and dresses.

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* AuthorAvatar: For Mr. Lynch himself, in how he behaves, looks and dresses.




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* SirSwearsALot: Frank's insanity is highlights by his colorful dialogue, which is full of f-bombs and just as unhinged as he is.
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->'''Played By''': Creator/LauraDern
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* AuthorAvatar: For Mr.Lynch himself, in how he behaves, looks and dresses.

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!!!Jeffrey Beaumont

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!!!Jeffrey !!Jeffrey Beaumont



!!!Dorothy Vallens

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* BigBad: He's the source of everything going wrong in the story.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler: Jeffrey blows the back of his head off.]]



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!!!Sandy !!Sandy Williams
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A college student returning home to take over the family hardware store for his father, who has recently been badly injured. He quickly develops a mutual crush on Sandy, a high school senior. After finding his

* Determinator: He becomes fixated on finding out the mystery of the ear, which leads to Dorothy Vallens, who starts spying on.

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A college student returning home to take over the family hardware store for his father, who has recently been badly injured. He quickly develops a mutual crush on Sandy, a high school senior. After finding his

someone's ear in the grass, he dives into a mystery hidden beyond the town's sparkly surface and gets in way over his head.

* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: He becomes fixated on finding out the mystery of the ear, which leads to Dorothy Vallens, who starts spying on.
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* DarkFeminineAndLightFeminine: Dark to Sandy's Light. It even shows in their hair colors.

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* DarkFeminineAndLightFeminine: LightFeminineDarkFeminine: Dark to Sandy's Light. It even shows in their hair colors.



* DarkFeminineAndLightFeminine: Light to Dorothy's Dark.

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* DarkFeminineAndLightFeminine: LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Light to Dorothy's Dark.
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->'''Played By''': ''Creator/KyleMaclachlan''

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->'''Played By''': ''Creator/IsabellaRosselini''

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->'''Played By''': ''Creator/IsabellaRosselini''
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* [[Determinator]]: He becomes fixated on finding out the mystery of the ear, which leads to Dorothy Vallens, who starts spying on.

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* [[Determinator]]: Determinator: He becomes fixated on finding out the mystery of the ear, which leads to Dorothy Vallens, who starts spying on.


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* BreakTheCutie: When she finds out Jeffrey has slept with Dorothy.
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!!!Jeffrey Beaumont
->'''Played By''': ''Creator/KyleMaclachlan''

A college student returning home to take over the family hardware store for his father, who has recently been badly injured. He quickly develops a mutual crush on Sandy, a high school senior. After finding his

* [[Determinator]]: He becomes fixated on finding out the mystery of the ear, which leads to Dorothy Vallens, who starts spying on.
* EasilyForgiven: By Sandy when his and Dorothy's affair is thrown out into the open.
* NiceGuy: He generally goes out of his way to be kind to people. He assures Dorothy he definitely doesn't hate her and quickly accepts Sandy's boyfriend's apology for trying to beat him up.

!!!Dorothy Vallens
->'''Played By''': ''Creator/IsabellaRosselini''

A mentally unhinged club singer who becomes a deranged man's virtual sex slave to protect her husband and son. She has an affair with Jeffrey.

* BrokenBird: She's already quite broken by the time the movie starts.
* DarkFeminineAndLightFeminine: Dark to Sandy's Light. It even shows in their hair colors.

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* AnythingThatMoves: His exact words.
* DepravedBisexual: He smears lipstick on to kiss Jeffrey all over the face with and calls his butt cute before trying to kill him.

!!!Sandy Williams

Jeffrey's friend who falls in love with him and reluctantly (at first, anyway) agrees to help him solve the mystery.

* DarkFeminineAndLightFeminine: Light to Dorothy's Dark.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
* NiceGirl: She's sweet and very quick to want to help Dorothy when Frank's badly hurt her.

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