History Characters / GameOfThronesHouseClegane

* SherlockScan: {{Downplayed}}, but several scenes show that Sandor is very observant and [[GreatJudgeOfCharacter has good judgement of people's intentions and character.]] He picks up on the Red Wedding before it even starts just based on how the Frey guards were acting, and notices that Brienne is wielding a golden-hilted sword (which only someone working for the Lannisters could afford). Another good example is him summing up the level of danger when he and Arya come across Polliver.

* MultiMeleeMaster: Initially, he's fond of carrying around a longsword, [[{{BFS}} greatsword]] and dagger. The first scene of Season 2 has him using a [[CarryABigStick mace]] in a tourney duel. In season 6, he uses a woodcutter's axe to kill the guys who destroyed the village he'd settled into after his fight with Brienne. Against the undead, he makes use of Gendry's [[DropTheHammer warhammer]] as well as a [[DualWielding pair of Dragonglass hatchets]]. At the beginning of Season 8 he has a Dragonglass battle axe forged by Gendry.

* GutturalGrowler: Especially in Season 4, to the point of sounding animalistic.

* GutturalGrowler: Speaks in a hushed and snarling tone that tells everyone he's not to be messed with.

* {{Sadist}}: Gregor does not specifically [[BloodKnight love battle]], just wanton slaughter--he gets just as many jollies from butchering civilians, raping women and murdering children. When he asks Cersei who he's going to kill in a DuelToTheDeath, she asks him if it matters. He merely shakes his head. [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Ser Gregor cares not from where the blood flows]], only that it flows.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Season 2 extras (and the books) all but state outright that he murdered his father, and probably his (unnamed) sister as well.

** After his transformation, Qyburn implies he's even dumber than before as the "experiments" he did to save him affected his mind, and most of his free will appears to be gone, becoming instead an obedient drone. Jaime even asks if he can understand what's being said, "to the point that he ''ever'' understood complete sentences." Though after Jaime says this, Clegane immediately turns towards him and appears to give him a DeathGlare, so it is probable he has retained some ability to think.

* EvilIsBigger: One of the most evil men in Westeros, and there's a good reason he's called 'the Mountain'. George R.R. Martin has said that there isn't anyone in the world who could physically match the way he's described in the books, but they sure try hard to get it close. By the time the 6'9" Hafþór appears, they even use camera trickery to make him look even bigger. For the curious, he was originally construed as being ''nearly 8 feet in height and around 420 pounds''.

* StrongaAndSkilled: Unlike his UnskilledButStrong brother, he may not be as elegant as Jaime or Ser Barristan but Sandor uses as much technique in his fighting as he uses his above average strength.

* SherlockScan: {{Downplayed}}, but several scenes show that Sandor is very observant and [[GoodJudgeOfCharacter has good judgement of people's intentions and character.]] He picks up on the Red Wedding before it even starts just based on how the Frey guards were acting, and notices that Brienne is wielding a golden-hilted sword (which only someone working for the Lannisters could afford). Another good example is him summing up the level of danger when he and Arya come across Polliver.

** Gregor suffers from headaches due to his gigantism that even milk of poppy can't numb. In the show, no mention is made of his opiates consumption and there are no effects to made him look like an inhumanely huge brute except for the camera angles.

--> '''Sandor''': Any man dies with a clean sword, I'll rape his fucking corpse!

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A heart of rusted bronze but especially prominent after joining Septon Ray's crew, particularly when he vows to avenge their deaths. This is shown again during his warmer interactions with Sansa in Season 8.

** Don't call him or imply he's a monster. In his [[spoiler:final duel with Sandor]], all he does is sit there and tank hits until we get the following gem. Then it's on.

* TheBrute: He's a massive, muscled monster that exists to do the killing of House Lannister and its members.

* TheDragon: Cersei's attack dog and [[CoDragons Co-Dragon]] to Jaime after he's inducted into the Kingsguard Season 6 onwards.

** Thankfully, he is on the [[spoiler:receiving end of this by Sandor when he stabs him in the eye with a knife before pulling him down to a fiery pit]].

* NoSell: [[spoiler:In his confrontation with Sandor in the Red Keep, the latter impales him with his sword. It doesn't kill him, and he simply pulls it out. A similar thing occurs when Sandor stabs him several times with a dagger.]]

* AntiHeroSubstitute: To Ned Stark where the Stark girls are concerned - he takes to protecting them and in the case of Arya becomes a ParentalSubstitute outright, teaching her about the world and giving her some lessons on how to fight. It's a bit of a case of BecomingTheMask, since during their travels he has to pretend to be her father a few times. Later he's playing the part of the OverprotectiveDad for her when Gendry comes into the picture.

** A small example, but he gives Gendry a subtle (and hilarious) DeathGlare when he asks where Arya is. While he approves of their relationship and encourages Gendry to go for it, he still comes off as a bit of an OverProtectiveDad in this scene.

* BadassAndChildDuo: With Arya, though the relationship is tenuous at best.

* RatedMForManly: Grizzled, scarred, bearded, foul-mouthed, chauvinistic and above all ''badass''.

* BadassBaritone: All three of his actors have deep voices; Conan Stevens has a harsh shout while Ian Whyte's voice is both [[EvilSoundsDeep sinister]] and magnificent. It's just about the only aspect of Whyte's portrayal that Thor Bjornsson carries over into his own. He's also capable of cutting off a horse's head off with one swing or crushing a man's head with his bare hands. Any time he shows up, nothing survives direct confrontation with him. OneManArmy indeed. For a sense of perspective, there are five or six men [[MemeticBadass Jaime Lannister]] thinks possess at least as much killing ability as him. The list includes Barristan Selmy, Loras Tyrell, Sandor and Gregor.

* BadassInCharge: He's hastily appointed Lord Commander of the Kingsguard whilst the Kingslayer is indisposed, and is a million times a better fighter than [[DirtyCoward Meryn Trant]].
** He fights his AxCrazy brother to a standstill and obeys King Robert's order to stop within seconds whilst making Gregor look stupid.
** He guts through Sansa's would-be rapists during a riot.
** He cuts down at least a dozen of Stannis' men during Blackwater.
** He kills a squad of Frey men in the S3 finale.
** He cuts through Polliver and his men in S4.
** He puts up a much better fight against Brienne of Tarth than Jaime Lannister in the S4 finale, though Brienne winds handily.
** He fights against the White Walker's undead army in S7 and S8 and survives.
** He finally kills [[spoiler:Ser Gregor during Danaery's FantasticNuke of Kingslanding.]]

* HyperAwareness: Often demonstrates shades of this, presumably honed by having been around [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Lannisters]] for so long. He notices the riot in King's Landing before it even breaks out and in "The Rains of Castamere", as soon as the guard began to act suspicious, immediately figured out ''exactly'' what's about [[KillEmAll to go down]] at the wedding. He's also able to spot a Valryian steel sword and quickly piece together that Brienne of Tarth has been equipped by a Lannister, having spent so much time around their men.

* {{Irony}}: Sandor, a man with an intense fear of fire after his brother burnt his face many years ago, ends up joining up with the Brotherhood Without Banners, who worship the Lord of Light whose will they believe can be seen within fire. He's well aware of the irony in this one.

* TheAtoner: Slowly, but steadily, Sandor is beginning to show remorse for many of his past crimes. This is most evident when he returns to the cottage where he robbed the devout man and left he and his daughter to die. While he does his best to hide it, Thoros sees right through his facade when he's burying them.

* BadassInCharge: He's hastily appointed Lord Commander of the Kingsguard whilst the Kingslayer is in disposed, and is a million times a better fighter than [[DirtyCoward Meryn Trant]].

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Thoros. They've clearly known each other a long time (both living in King's Landing and being part of Robert Baratheon's court) and understand each other's quirks, to the extent that when Sandor tries to insult or berate Thoros, he barely reacts. Sandor is clearly upset when Thoros dies, even going so far as to try and comfort Beric, who he has an even more hostile relationship with up to that point.