History Characters / Creed2015

* {{Determinator}}: ''Nothing'' will put Damian down. Unfortunately, his determination is crossed with his anger, bitterness, and regret, which he laser-focuses on Donnie.

* VillainousUnderdog: Trying to reignite his boxing career after his stint in jail, Damien serves as an antagonistic version of the underdog who wishes to become a champion- which he succeeds after facing Felix, the word champion at the time of the third movie. For bonus points, the audience even boos him prior to their match, which shows how much the deck is stacked against him.

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler: Dies of a stroke in the third movie.]]

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Is on very friendly terms with Adonis in ''Creed III'', with Donnie even setting him up in a title match against one of his proteges. He's even one of Adonis' main sparring partners for his fight against Damian.

* VillainousValor: In the final fight, he is utterly gassed, demoralized and helpless to prevent Donnie from landing massive shots to his face, [[{{Determinator}} but still forces himself to rise and fight even when it's clear he can no longer put up an adequate defense.]] [[spoiler: Ivan actually throws in the towel for him because he knows Viktor won't stop.]]

* HatesTheirParent: Has ''very'' little love for his mother, with good reason. He not only hates her for leaving him as a child, but even more so for how she treated his beloved father, Ivan.

* DefeatMeansFriendship: Is on very friendly terms with Adonis in ''Creed III'', with Donnie even setting him up in a title match against one of his proteges. He's even one of Adonis' main sparring partners for his fight against Damian.

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He's willing to bury the hatchet with Donnie after Donnie beats him in the ring.]]

* TheAce: Slowly shaping himself to becoming one, despite his youth and lack of experience. He has his father's speed and Rocky's tenacity, which makes for a potent combination.

* AchillesHeel: His left ribs (and kidney). [[spoiler:Drago broke them in their first fight, and goes back to them in their second.]] Time will tell if this will be a permanent weak spot.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Pretty much the anti-thesis of Rocky Balboa in many aspects.

** Rocky is an AllLovingHero, and makes a lot friends, even with his opponents. Donnie, in contrast, has no friends due to his legacy and his combative attitude, and is close only to Rocky, Bianca, and his adopted mother.

* DentedIron: In Creed III the damage of his career has taken it's toll. The concussions, the damage to his hands and his ruptured spleen all give him issues.

* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:In Creed III his last words to his mother while she is still lucid are very harsh ones. About how her kids didn't accept him, that she was wrong to keep Damian's letters from him and that he in many ways was better off without her. She then has a stroke and the next time Adonis talks to her she is so far gone that she doesn't even realize that she is talking to Adonis any more. She dies almost immediately afterwards.]]

** He is back in Creed III, fighting Adonis for his title. Conlan loses the fight, but he makes Adonis work for it.

* {{Manchild}}: Conlan, despite looking to be in his mid-thirties, seems oblivious to the consequences of his bad behavior, on others and his children. He also often disregards sensible advice, and Tommy Holiday constantly lectures him for it.

* HuskyRusskie: Viktor Drago's actor Florian Munteanu is a very muscular 6'4. Though according to the announcer, Viktor is actually Ukrainian.[[note]]Munteanu is Romanian.[[/note]]

[[folder:Damian "Dame" Anderson]]

* RetiredBadass: By the time of his third movie he has officially retired from boxing after winning a rematch against Ricky Conlan in 2017. He is forced back in the ring by Damien after he brutalizes his protegé Felix and publicly slanders and defames him at every opportunity.

* CheerfulChild: Most of the time she's a bundle of joy to her parents and everyone around her. Even Damien gets along quite well with her when he meets her for the first time.

[[folder:Damien "Dame" Anderson]]

* CompositeCharacter: Has shades of both Clubber Lang not just in character, but also in fighting styles. Much like Clubber Lang, he's spent the vast majority of his life imprisoned and desiring a chance at the championship title. But compared to Lang who was outwardly aggressive throughout, Damien maintains a friendly façade in spite of his bitterness.
** He can also has shades of Rocky's own previous mentee, Tommy "Machine" Gunn. Both of them struggle to make a name for themselves [[OvershadowedByAwesome due to]] connections to a skilled boxer and legend. Tommy was quick to throw Rocky under the bus to dispel notions that he was his puppet/robot, whereas Damien did it due to bitterness in having lost his chance ages ago.

* {{Determinator}}: ''Nothing'' will put Damien down. Unfortunately, his determination is crossed with his anger, bitterness, and regret, which he laser-focuses on Donnie.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Damien is not at all "evil", but he is bitter and capable of cruelty, especially when it comes to getting back at Donnie for (in his eyes) abandoning him in prison. However, when Bianca asks how Damien got locked up instead of using the opportunity to possibly smear Donnie in the eyes of his wife, he instead provides some basic details and says that the rest is for Donnie to tell.

* GeniusBruiser: Damien utilizes a mix of brute force and well-timed attacks.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Damien isn't a ''bad'' person, but all the years he's spent locked up festering in bitterness and anger towards Donnie and the world mean he's capable of being extremely cruel and willing to pull some really shady stunts to get ahead. However, he does have his noble qualities and [[spoiler: once Donnie defeats him in the ring he shows no more animosity, and the two are able to bury the hatchet and resume their friendship]].

* LightningBruiser: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] but Damien is surprisingly quick for someone of his immensely bulky build.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's very good at reading people and using what he learned against them. [[spoiler:He ''knows'' Adonis trying to hide from his own past regarding the whole situation that leads to Damien's incarceration, so he guilt-trips Adonis about it at every moment. He makes himself sympathetic enough that Adonis is willing to let him into his own gym, even though Damien secretly has his own gym and partners all along, and engineers the events that culminate in Adonis giving Damien a shot at the title - something that Damien ''knows'' Adonis is feeling obligated to do for him.]] This even extends into the ring itself, where his tactic is to mess with his opponent's head by taunting them endlessly until they make a mistake that he can exploit.
* MadeOfIron: Crossed with Determinator, Damien is nigh-unstoppable in the ring.
* MirrorCharacter: Adonis and Damien are both fighters who come from poverty (although Adonis was later adopted by his wealthy step-mother), and end up in trouble with the law because of [[HairTriggerTemper impulse control problems.]] While Adonis is fortunate enough to get himself out of that situation and becomes a better man because of it, Damien had no such luck, remaining in prison and becoming a shell of rage and regret. He's what Donnie would be if he never let go of his rage towards others and insecurities.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Damien and Adonis were as close as brothers in their youth until their respective incarceration, and Adonis' subsequent adoption by Mary Anne Creed.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Even before the full truth of the past between Adonis and Damien comes to light, Little Duke figures out the moment Damien steps into the gym that Damien isn’t trustworthy at all and that he clearly has a chip up his shoulder and takes advantage of Adonis’s hospitality to vent his pent-up anger on other boxers.

* TheAce: He's the world champion by the time of the third movie and he was originally set up to face none other than Viktor Drago, his ''teacher'''s previous opponent and a formidable fighter in his own right, without any fear at all. Additionally, in his career, it's stated that Felix had lost only once. That is unfortunately [[TheWorfEffect until he meets Damien and winds up in the hospital]].
* CompositeCharacter: He has shades of [[Film/RockyBalboa Mason]] [[Film/RockyBalboa "The Line"]] [[Film/RockyBalboa Dixon]] and [[Film/{{Rocky}} Apollo Creed himself]]: all of them are unstoppable world champions who's looking for that one fighter who could really give them a real challenge, so they decide to give an underdog fighter a chance to prove themselves against them. However, in Felix's case, it goes badly for him as Damien proves to be so aggressive that he actually injures Felix pretty badly and he has to be hospitalized after what was supposed to be a simple match.
* CurbstompCushion: Despite being clearly out of his league against Damien, Felix still gives him quite a good fight, even managing to knock one of Damien’s teeth out, until Damien keeps exploiting his injuries, which ultimately puts him down for the count.

* MamasBoy: He respects his mother very much and defers to her judgment when deciding which match to fight. When his mother is convinced that a fight with Damien would be good for Felix, he doesn't hesitate to accept the match.

* TheWorfEffect: Despite his impressive career, he finds himself outmatched when fighting against Damien 'Dame' Anderson, who doesn't hesitate to play a bit dirty and mess with Felix's head until he makes a mistake. This gets him hospitalized.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Damien isn't a ''bad'' person, but all the years he's spent locked up festering in bitterness and anger towards Donnie and the world mean he's capable of being extremely cruel and willing to pull some really shady stunts to get ahead. However, he does have his noble qualities and [[spoiler: once Donnie defeats him in the ring he shows no animosity, and the two are able to bury the hatchet and resume their friendship]].

* PetTheDog: Although he's harbouring a lot of hatred towards Donnie for seemingly abandoning him, he doesn't extend this loathing towards Bianca or Amara, whom he is nothing but cordial and friendly to.

* InvincibleHero: Unlike Rocky, Donnie has never lost an official match.

* FatalFlaw: His inability to let go of the past. His primary motivation for most of the film is to get back at Donnie for leaving him behind to be arrested and robbing him of the chance to become a professional boxer and get all the perks that come with it. [[spoiler:Once he finally gets everything he wanted, however, he still continues to treat Donnie like the young kid that wouldn't get to where he is right now without Damian's help and underestimates him, while Donnie is able to let go of his past and the guilt he burdened, which allows Donnie to fight to the fullest and get the better of Damian in the final round.]]

->Played by: Lavelle Roby (Film/Rocky), Sylvia Meals (Film/RockyII, Film/RockyIV), Creator/PhyliciaRashad (Film/Creed, Film/CreedII, Film/CreedIII)

* {{Determinator}}: ''Nothing'' will put Damien down. Unfortunately, his determination is crossed with his anger, bitterness, and regret, causing him to view the entire world as an enemy he needs to bring down.

%%* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Despite many similarities between the two they still have their major differences as when it comes to their attitude toward a fight Adonis is often more calm and collected as well as treating his opponents with humility until someone angers him whereas Apollo is more aggressive as he tends to trash talk most of his opponents claiming they are much weaker than him.

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Most of the time she's a bundle of joy to her parents and everyone around her. Even Damien gets along quite well with her when he meets her for the first time.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She also won't hesitate to launch a fist into someone's face if they deserve it.
* HotBlooded: She takes no crap from anybody. When someone bullies her at school, she doesn't hesitate to punch the jerk in the face.
* InTheBlood: Like her father and grandfather, Amara absolutely loves boxing. She secretly watches all of her father's fight match records and also inherits their headstrong personality. Adonis eventually decides to teach her boxing properly so she knows how to protect herself and has an outlet to vent her pent-up anger in a healthy way.

A singer-songwriter who lives below Adonis' new apartment, and later becomes his girlfriend(wife in the third film)

[[folder:"Pretty" Ricky Conlan]]
->Played by: Tony Bellew
->Voiced in French by: Pascal Nowak
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Adonis' main rival in ''Creed''. Conlan is the undefeated light heavyweight champion from Liverpool, whose run-ins with the law will see him in jail soon, giving him a need for one more fight to support his family.

* MamasBoy: He respects his mother very much and defers to her decisions when deciding which match to fight. When his mother is convinced that a fight with Damien would be good for Felix, he doesn't hesitate to accept the match.

* TheAce: In his career, it's stated that he had lost only once. That is unfortunately [[TheWorfEffect until he meets Damien and winds up in the hospital]].