History Characters / EdgeOfTomorrow

The ultimate leader of the mimics, it is immobile and never seen on the battlefield. Only a very rare number of people even know it exists.

An ArmchairMilitary major in the USAF, who is mostly just a PR guy. The film starts with him getting sent on the frontlines to film the invasion; when he tries to blackmail his way out of it, he is instead demoted to private and sent straight into the grinder. When he kills a especially powerful Mimic by pure chance, he accidentally gets the power to loop back to the day before the invasion, allowing him to find a way to turn the tables on the aliens.

* GeneralFailure: It's not his fault, though - the Mimics' superpower means that any tactical or strategic decision he makes will retroactively become the worst possible one.

* ItCanThink: Proves to be quite a cunning foe, unexpectedly. The UDF in general, especially the brass, and their utter inability to comprehend this.

An ArmchairMilitary major in the USAF, who is mostly just a PR guy. The film starts with him getting sent on the frontlines to film the invasion; when he tries to blackmail his way out of it, he is instead demoted to private and sent straight into the grinder.

Big, blue, and ''extremely'' rare (roughly one in sixty million mimics is an alpha), the alphas are the battlefield leaders of the mimics.

* AmazonianBeauty: She is a legendary soldier with the nickname of "Full Metal Bitch" and sometimes has to fend off lewd comments. Every time she and Cage meet, she is inside of a target range doing push-ups wearing a tank top (and showing off the muscle Creator/EmilyBlunt [[DyeingForYourArt put on for the movie)]].

* NonindicitiveName: Your guess as to what exactly they're mimicking is as good as ours.

* BeginnersLuck: For most of the first battle Cage is pathetically useless, with no idea of how to operate his Jacket, screaming for anyone to tell him at least how to take the safety off his weapons. But when he finally manages to find the safety release he actually manages to gun down an attacking Mimic right away, which considering [[CurbStompBattle how badly humanity is getting mauled]] is almost enough to count as a CurbstompCushion in its own right. But then he does one even better when sheer luck lets him kill an Alpha with a claymore mine and, well, the [[{{Pun}} reset]] is history.

->'''Played By:''' Brendan Gleeson

* TheseTwoGuys: He's apparently best friends with Skinner, [[spoiler:and they both died together in a blaze of glory during the final battle.]]

* TheseTwoGuys: He's apparently best friends with Griff, [[spoiler:and they both died together in a blaze of glory during the final battle.]]

[[folder:Nance]]
!!Nance
->'''Played By:''' Charlotte Riley

The only woman on J squad.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: A rare female example, Rita has shades of this when a loop is ending badly. It is implied this is how Cage comes to learn some of the private details of her life, despite the fact that she is not a fan of small talk and prefers focusing on the mission. [[spoiler:The strongest example is at the end, when she openly accepts the fact that both she and Cage are going to [[KilledOffForReal die without a do-over]] since he can no longer reset the day. Before going to meet said fate, she [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments compliments him for the first time in any loop]] and gives him a [[TearJerker parting]] [[BigDamnKiss kiss]].]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast / MysteriousPast: She reveals some of it to Cage over time.

* JeanneDArchetype: ActionGirl? Check. [[DesignatedHero Inspirational?]] Check. [[HearingVoices Prophetic visions?]] Check. [[PoweredArmor Heavy armor?]] Check. HairOfGold? Check. She even has a similar nickname. Compare [[RedBaron 'The Angel of Verdun']] with Joan of Arc's 'The Maid of Orléans.' And Verdun is located in Lorraine, Joan's native province. The comparison is confirmed by WordOfGod.

* ActionGirl: She's renowned as humanity's mightiest warrior, and she gets to amply demonstrate it throughout the film.

%%* BadassAdorable:

* BodyHorror: In the end where she plays [[HeroicSacrifice decoy]] to allow Cage to end the war [[spoiler: she gets ripped in half by the Alpha.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Cage believes he can blackmail his superior into letting him forgo frontline combat, thinking him a SlaveToPR. He's promptly arrested, demoted to private and shipped off to join the frontline assault.

* BodyHorror: His numerous deaths, but his first one deserves special mention: [[spoiler: He's torn apart by a claymore mine and the blood splattered on his face is acidic.]]

%%* DrillSergeantNasty

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: A rare female example, Rita has shades of this when a loop is ending badly. It is implied this is how Cage comes to learn some of the private details of her life, despite the fact that she is not a fan of small talk and prefers focusing on the mission. [[spoiler:The strongest example is at the end, when she openly accepts the fact that both she and Cage are going to [[KilledOffForReal die without a do-over]] since he can no longer reset the day. Before going to meet said fate, she [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming compliments him for the first time in any loop]] and gives him a [[TearJerker parting]] [[BigDamnKiss kiss]].]]

!!Major William Cage

* DrillSergeantNasty

[[folder:J Squad]]
!!In General
* {{Jerkass}}: They are constantly belittling Cage and actively impeding his ability to be useful to the squad just because of petty "mess with the new guy" syndrome. It's actually quite satisfying after Cage undergoes his character development and is able to put them all in their place by showing, with the proper help and training, how badass he actually is.
* TheSquad:

* SouthernFriedPrivate:

* ManChild

[[folder:Mimics]]

!!In General:

* TheBrute:
* EliteMooks:

* HiveQueen: