History Characters / Equilibrium

* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: [[spoiler:Libria is ruled by a [[ShadowDictator mysterious figure]] known only as "Father", who delegates much of his authority to Vice Council [=DuPont=], who acts as [[MouthOfSauron "Father's Voice"]]. At the end, it's revealed that Father died several years ago and they've been using his image for propaganda purposes. The Council simply elected [=DuPont=] himself to ''de facto'' assume the responsibilities of Father's office.]]

* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: [[spoiler:He's the real leader of Libria, acting under the nominal authority of the long-dead Father.]]
-->Don't look so surprised, Preston. Why should Father [[spoiler:be more real than any other political puppet?]]

* TranquilFury: Four words: [[spoiler:"No. Not without incident."]] Evey single {{Mook|s}} in his immediate presence dies within one minute, and Preston quietly uses one more shot to shatter [=DuPont=]'s screen.

* LaResistance: He's the leader of a resistance movement that believes experiencing emotions is worth the danger of war and seeks to overthrow's Father's police state.

* LaResistance: He's part of a resistance movement that believes experiencing emotions is worth the danger of war and seeks to overthrow's Father's police state.

* HelplessWindowDeath: [[spoiler:When he learns that [[SacrificialLion Mary O'Brien]] is about to be executed [[MurderByCremation by incineration]], he runs to intercept it, but [[HopeSpot gets there seconds too late]] and can only make eye contact through a window in the crematorium door. It provokes a HeroicBSOD and aligns him firmly with LaResistance.]]

%%* TheHero

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:For [=DuPont=] and Brandt, who manipulated Preston into delivering the Resistance and himself to them after becoming a sense offender.]]

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He's one of the greatest masters of GunKata. [[spoiler:He puts up much more of a fight in the climax than his Dragon, Brandt, does.]]

* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler:Both he and Brandt are off Prozium. While Father sincerely believed he was creating a utopia, [=DuPont=], when confronted, doesn't even hide that he's simply running an oligarchy.]]

[[folder: John Preston]]

* TheKingslayer: [[spoiler: He ends up killing [=DuPont=], the real leader of Libria]].

* TheOnlyBeliever: Events of the film show that [[spoiler: no other characters in the film who are involved with the regime (with the possible exception of the mooks) actually believe in the propaganda. Partridge has come to reject the philosophy of Libria and quietly rebels against it, Brandt and [=DuPont=] are hypocrites who don't take Prozium themselves and have selfish motivations for running the state, and others like Preston's son aren't truly taking Prozium or killing their emotions, they're just pretending to so that they are left alone by the state.]]

* TranquilFury: Four words: [[spoiler:"No. Not without incident."]] Evey single {{Mook}} in his immediate presence dies within one minute, and Preston quietly uses one more shot to shatter [=DuPont=]'s screen.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: For [=DuPont=] and Brandt, who manipulated Preston into delivering the Resistance and himself to them after becoming a sense offender.]]

[[folder: Mary O'Brien]]

* MurderByCremation: [[spoiler: She's killed as a sense offender by being burned alive in the Hall of Justice's cremation chambers.]]

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Witnessing her death provides Preston with the impetus to take down the government.]]

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[[folder: Andrew Brandt]]

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Brandt has no problem in ordering the soldiers [[spoiler: to exterminate that dogs in that fence]].

* BodyguardingABadass: In the final fight, he guards [=DuPont=] even though [[spoiler: it is clear after Preston cuts off his face]] that [=DuPont=] is a master at GunKata.
* DiagonalCut: [[spoiler: How he died, with the front of his skull sliced off by Preston's katana]].
* TheDragon: [[spoiler: He's in fact Vice Council [=DuPont=]'s most trusted lieutenant and like his master, is also not using Prozium.]]

* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler: Both [=DuPont=] and Brandt are off Prozium, but they advocate the prosecution and execution of all sense offenders with fanatic zeal]].
* TearOffYourFace: [[spoiler: Preston kills him by slicing his face off with a katana.]]

[[folder: Errol Partridge]]

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[[folder: [=DuPont=]]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: He's the real leader of the Libria police state, with Father's image being nothing more than a political tool after he died.]]

* TheManInFrontOfTheMan: [[spoiler: He's the real leader of Libria, acting under the nominal authority of the long-dead Father.]]
--> Don't look so surprised, Preston. Why should Father [[spoiler: be more real than any other political puppet?]]

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: He's one of the greatest masters of GunKata. [[spoiler: He puts up much more of a fight in the climax than his Dragon, Brandt, does.]]
* TheStoic: He's always calm because he doesn't feel any emotions. He's just a lot eerier than the trope is usually played since the topics he usually discusses are brutal repression and mass murder. [[spoiler: Subverted, as he isn't on Prozium.]]
* StrawHypocrite: [[spoiler: Both he and Brandt are off Prozium. While Father sincerely believed he was creating a utopia, [=DuPont=], when confronted, doesn't even hide that he's simply running an oligarchy.]]
* SuddenlyShouting: When he confronts Preston that a sense offender has infiltrated the Grammaton clerics' ranks, he suddenly shouts "'''''ARE YOU PLAYING WITH ME, CLERIC?!'''''" [[spoiler: This is foreshadowing that [=DuPont=] himself is no longer using Prozium.]]

[[folder: Father]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: He died years ago. [=DuPont=] has since taken on his authority while maintaining the fiction that Father is still in charge.]]

[[folder: Jurgen]]

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: He's one of the speech attendants at the beginning of the movie]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Allows Preston to arrest him and other leaders of the resistance in order to get Preston close enough to assassinate Father. Before his execution, he has a satisfied smirk knowing he succeeded.]]

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[[folder: Seamus]]

[[folder: DuPont]]

* {{Irony}}: He is still on Prozium despite rebelling against the system, while a good number of Libria's officials ''arent't''.

* SlasherSmile: He has a big smile while summarily executing sense offenders. This is used to [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadow]] that [[spoiler:he's off his meds]].

--> Don't look so surprised, Preston. Why [[spoiler: should Father be more real than any other political puppet?]]

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's one of the greatest masters of GunKata. [[spoiler: He puts up much more of a fight in the climax than his Dragon, Brandt, does.]]

* TheStoic: He's always calm because he doesn't feel any emotions. He's just a lot eerier than the trope is usually played since the topics he usually discusses are brutal repression and mass murder. [[spoiler: Subverted, as he isn't on Prozium.]]

%%* NotSoBadassLongcoat

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Witnessing her death provides Preston with the impetus to take down the government. She's basically the only female character in the movie...this movie does ''not'' pass UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest.]]

%%* AwesomeMcCoolname

%%* BadassBeard

!![=DuPont=] (Angus Macfadyen)

* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Witnessing her death provides Preston with the impetus to take down the government. Could also be read as StuffedInTheFridge since she's basically the only female character in the movie...this movie does ''not'' pass UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest.]]