History Characters / GotrekAndFelix

** HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:A vision of his past implied that losing his wife and child were part of the reason he became a Slayer]].

* CombatPragmatist: Has no qualms about [[GroinAttack fighting dirty]] or using [[ImprovisedWeapons]] as well as his sword.

* EvilSorcerer
* TheHeavy

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* ActionSurvivor
* AnAxeToGrind/AncestralWeapon
* AntiHero: He drinks, curses, bloodily dispatches his enemies, causes wide scale property damage.
* TheAlcoholic:
* {{Badass}}: The essence of the character and one of the biggest in the Warhammer world.
** BadassBeard: Par the course for slayers, but Gotreks is more impressive than most.
** BadassGrandpa
** HeartbrokenBadass
* CatchPhrase:

** IronWoobie: But he still soldiers on. See Determinator below.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome

* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* ManlyTears

* WalkingShirtlessScene

Gotrek's rememberer, tasking with turning the tale of his doom into an epic story.

* HypercompetentSidekick
* MightyWhitey: Felix has several traits of this. He is an adventurer who explores several nations across the Warhammer world, including the lost Dwarf city of Karag Dum, Albion and even Nehekhara. In each land he achieves a heroic feat earning himself a place in history, and he is lauded by the locals. He also seems to get a GirlOfTheWeek in each one. Felix also happens to be white; which is only relevant as the novels he features are British literature, the same country this trope originated from

* LoveTriangle

* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Brother]]: Felixes actions in Manslayer get Otto caught in an assassination attempt. Otto [[GenreSavvy realises that these attackers know who he is, putting his wife and son in danger as well]]. [[JerkassHasAPoint He angrily orders Felix to stay away from him from then on (Felix had also lied to him beforehand to involve him in the investigation)]]. The disowning doesn't come until Shamanslayer when they meet after [[spoiler:their father is killed by Skaven agents in Elfslayer]]. Otto calls Felix a curse and wants nothing more to do with him.

* IWantGrandkids: Says this to Felix the first time they meet after twenty years, even though his other son Otto has a son.

* BrownNote

* [[spoiler:HolyIsNotSafe / InTheBack: The Bloodthirster is defeated by being hit with holy weapons. Especially justified as they are powerful holy weapons and it is a daemon]].

* [[spoiler:AttackItsWeakPoint: How Felix manages to kill it. Subverted as he still needed the help of a sword enchanted to kill dragons]].

* TheDreaded

* WoundThatWillNotHeal
* WorfHadTheFlu

* BiggerBad: They're indirectly behind the dragon's return in Dragonslayer, responsible for Arek's rise to power and the trouble on Albion in Giantslayer.

* AffablyEvil

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy

* ThePornomancer: Subverted. His vampiric charm allows him to sway women so the desire him, but he doesn't take sexual advantage of it, saying he no longer feels the desire for physical gratification.

* [[spoiler:AttackItsWeakSpot: How Felix manages to kill it. Subverted as he still needed the help of a sword enchanted to kill dragons]].

* [[spoiler:DeathByAThousandCuts / EyeScream: Gotrek rips out one of the giant's eyes then cuts it repeatedly, including hamstringing it and slitting its throat until it eventually bleeds to death]].

A vampire working for Neferata who seeks to gain dominion over the Tomb Kings of Nehekhara.

* [[spoiler: WhatHappenedToTheMouse / NeverFoundTheBody: Heshor is last seen jumping off the edge of the Skaven submarine into the ocean when Gotrek destroys the Harp of Ruin shortly before it explodes. Being a powerful Sorceress who hadn't suffered anything that prevented her from using her magic, it's possible she could have escaped the explosion.
** Though if she was killed in the explosion, NeverFoundTheBody would be justified.]]

* BattleCouple

* MightyWhitey: Felix has several traits of this. He is an adventurer who explores several nations across the Warhammer world, including the lost Dwarf city of Karag Dum, Albion and even {{Necrocracy Nehekhara}}. In each land he achieves a heroic feat earning himself a place in history, and he is lauded by the locals. He also seems to get a GirlOfTheWeek in each one. Felix also happens to be white; which is only relevant as the novels he features are British literature, the same country this trope originated from

* GenerationZerox

* MoralEventHorizon: Felix considers his father did this when he was about to sell books on Chaos magic. These books are so evil that Witch Hunters have killed people simply for knowing their names. Apart from the corruption of Chaos, they're also serving powers currently at war with the Empire.

The Skaven leaders from several different clans who are trying to destroy the city of Nuln in Skavenslayer

* BrainwashedAndCrazy

* KillItWithFire

* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill

* AManOfWealthAndTaste

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent

* [[spoiler:DeathByAThousandCuts / EyeScream]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse / NeverFoundTheBody: Heshor is last seen jumping off the edge of [[spoiler: the Skaven submarine]] into the ocean when Gotrek destroys [[spoiler:the Harp of Ruin]] shortly before it explodes. Being a powerful Sorceress who hadn't suffered anything that prevented her from using her magic, it's possible she could have escaped the explosion.
** Though if she was killed in the explosion, NeverFoundTheBody would be justified.

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!!Grey Seer Thanquol

* EarthquakeMachine: She plans to use the Harp of Ruin to sink Ulthuan and restore Nagarythe, but not before testing it by causing a tsunami that would decimate the Empire.

* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]

!!Bray Shaman

* BehindTheScenesVillain

!!The Great Sleeper

* Earthquakemachine: She plans to use the Harp of Ruin to sink Ulthuan and restore Nagarythe, but not before testing it by causing a tsunami that would decimate the Empire.

A Dwarf Slayer

Gotrek's rememberer, tasking with turning the tale of his doom into an epic story.

* GeniusBrusier

* CoversAlwaysSpoil: If you've seen the cover for the original Manslayer book you'll know that [[spoiler:Lichtmann is a villain]].

* OfuscatingStupidity

* AntiHero: He drinks, smokes, curses, bloodily dispatches his enemies, causes wide scale property damage.

* CombatPragmatist: He's not above putting hairspray in your eyes, for example.

* LightningBrusier

* LightningBrusier

* PuppeteerParasite

* [[spoiler:ManBehindTheMan]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse/NeverFoundTheBody: Heshor is last seen jumping off the edge of [[spoiler: the Skaven submarine]] into the ocean when Gotrek destroys [[spoiler:the Harp of Ruin]] shortly before it explodes. Being a powerful Sorceress who hadn't suffered anything that prevented her from using her magic, it's possible she could have escaped the explosion.

[[folder: [=Main=] Protagonists]]

[[folder: Major Characters]]

A New York City Detective who, when visiting his estranged wife’s office building to reconcile with her, finds himself having to take on organised terrorists. He has a very abrasive personality, but more than makes up for it with determination and a sense of heroism.

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!![=Felix=]/[=Jaeger=]

[[folder: Recurring Characters]]

!!Al Powell
->'''Played By:''' Reginald [=VelJohnson=]

A Los Angeles beat cop who becomes [=McClane’s=] only ally outside the building in the original ''Die Hard''. He reprises the role for the second film for a short appearance.

* TheAtoner: Powell shot a 13-year-old kid who was holding a realistic-looking toy gun. The guilt he feels over the incident causes him to believe that he'll never again be able to pull his gun on somebody. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he proves himself wrong by drawing his gun and killing a terrorist who is about to kill [=McClane=] at the very end of the first film.]]
* BaldOfAwesome: Though he isn't fully bald.
* BlackBestFriend: Despite not meeting each other before the end of the first film, he's John's only trustworthy helper outside the Nakatomi Plaza.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Powell is never seen or mentioned again after the second film.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DonutMessWithACop: Twinkies for a change. Though he claims they're for his pregnant wife.
* MyGreatestFailure: Accidentally shooting a kid because he mistakenly believed he had a gun.
* OnlySaneMan: He's the only LAPD cop who realizes what's happening.

!!Richard [[MeaningfulName ‘Dick’]] Thornberg
->'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamAtherton

A sleazy reporter that hounds the [=McClane=] family in the first two movies.

* AssholeVictim: He deserves all the things that happen to him, be it a punch in the face or an electroshock.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Averted. He was crying as the plane he was residing in with Mrs. [=McClane=] was preparing to crash land since they had no more fuel left in their tanks. (Notably, he was the only one shown crying.)
%%* [[GlassJawReferee Glassjaw Reporter]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Is obsessed with job, insults his co-workers, is generally rude towards people, doesn’t care if his actions cause harm or putting other people into trouble.
* [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Jerkass]]: In the first film, he unintentionally makes the villains aware that the woman they've negotiated with is John's wife, thus getting a key-hostage. In the second film he's causing a massive panic on the airport that most likely injured many people and maybe even casualties and tampers John's efforts.
%%* {{Paparazzi}} \ StrawmanNewsMedia
%%* {{Slimeball}}

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Die Hard]]

!!Hans Gruber
->''"I am '''an exceptional''' thief, Mrs. [=McClane=]. And since I'm moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite"''
[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/HansGruber_8969.jpg]]

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

%%* {{Badass}}
%%** BadassInANiceSuit
%%* BatmanGambit
%%* BeardOfEvil
* BigBad: The most memorable one for the ''Die Hard'' franchise.
%%* BitchInSheepsClothing
* TheChessmaster: He set a new standard for intelligent villains when the film first came out. He planned for just about everything, and almost anything that could have been considered a problem was just factored into the overall plan, such as the FBI responding to a terrorist attack instead of a robbery. John [=McClane=] was pretty much the only thing he hadn't planned on.
%%* CulturedBadass
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Even when he apparently had [=McClane=] at his mercy, he still took the time to call Karl, Fritz and Franco to his location. This ended up paying off greatly when the gun he had turned out to be empty.
* DeadpanSnarker: Emphasis on deadpan.
-->Alas, your Mr. Takagi did not see it that way... so he won't be joining us for the rest of his life.
%%* DiabolicalMastermind
%%* DisneyVillainDeath
%%* EvilGenius
%%* EvilSoundsDeep
* FacialDialogue: Beautifully expresses a great deal of disgust and contempt without words.
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
* KickTheDog:
** Killing Takagi for not knowing the password and codes.
** And of course, [[spoiler:his [[KillEmAll actual plan]] for the hostages...]]
* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Lampshaded, he went to school in England.
** Which makes a lot of sense. We see later that he can do a spot on American accent, which shows that he has a talent for accents and English. As he studied in England, he probably took on a perfect English, the parts of German getting through is the fact that he has been working with a large group of fellow Germans for a while now.
* PetTheDog: Allowing a couch to be moved out to the lobby so that the very pregnant woman could sit on it. But then he sends everybody onto the roof that's [[BaitTheDog wired with explosives]].
* SoftSpokenSadist: He never raises his voice, which makes him more sinister.
* TranquilFury: One of his most striking characteristics is how he ''never'' loses his cool (except at the very end when [[spoiler:he was dropped out of the building]], but that's understandable).
* [[WesternTerrorists Western Terrorist]]: Subverted, his group use this as a cover for committing straightforward crimes.
* WickedCultured
-->''"Nice suit. John Phillips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there."''

!!Karl
->'''Played By:''' Alexander Godunov

* AxCrazy: "I want blood!"
* {{Badass}}
* BigBrotherInstinct / EvenEvilHasLovedOnes / ItsPersonal: He's deeply affected by the death of his younger brother Tony and subsequently loses interest in the robbery for the rest of the film, caring only about killing [=McClane=].
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* {{Determinator}}
* TheDragon
** DragonTheirFeet: Survives after his boss's death to make one last attempt on [=McCLane's=] life. He's subsequently killed by Powell.
** DragonWithAnAgenda
* MadeOfIron: ''Big time''.

!!Harry Ellis
->'''Played By:''' Hart Boecher

%%* [[spoiler: BoomHeadshot]]
* DrugsAreBad: He’s seen snorting cocaine at least twice. [[spoiler: The last is when he decides to negotiate with Hans. [[BoomHeadshot And we know the rest]].]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Besides giving John’s name to Hans, Richard also gets the name and cause even more trouble afterward.
%%* SmugSmiler
%%* {{Slimeball}}
* TooDumbToLive: Yes, go to the dangerous terrorist leader who isn’t above casually executing hostages and try to sell out the guy you just met earlier who happens to be far more GenreSavvy on how hostage situations works.

!!Argyle
->'''Played By:''' De’voreaux White

* CarFu: Uses the limo to crash into Theo's gateaway car.
** OneHitKo: How he then takes out Theo.
* HeroicBystander.

!!Theo
->'''Played By:''' Clarence Gilyard Jr.

* BlackAndNerdy
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. He's the only terrorist with any meaningful screentime to survive the movie.
* DeadpanSnarker
* TheEvilGenius

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[[folder:Die Hard 2: Die Harder]]

!!Colonel Stuart
->'''Played By:''' William Sadler

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The only villainous leader in the franchise to qualify for this trope.
* BigBad: Of the second film.
%%* {{Badass}}
%%** ColonelBadass
* BriefAccentImitation: While impersonating air traffic control [[spoiler:in order to crash the Windsor Air plane]], he speaks with a Southern accent.
%%* HeroKiller
* KarmicDeath: Sending a plane full of innocents to their deaths is pretty unforgivable. So it's only fitting that he and his mooks are blown up on a plane.
* KnightOfCerebus: Not that the film wasn't already serious, but even Hans Gruber didn't murder a planeful of people just to prove a point. That Stuart managed this despite John's best attempts (and his NoHoldsBarredBeatdown, below) arguably qualify him for HeroKiller status.
%%* LackOfEmpathy
* NakedFirstImpression: His introductory scene had him practicing martial arts in the nude.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Beating [=McClane=] to a pulp and throwing him off the plane's wing in the finale. Of the series' Big Bads, he's the only one to physically beat the crap out of [=McClane=]. Too bad he didn't ''kill him'', because [=McClane=] ''still'' shrugged off the beating and blew up Stuart's plane.
%%* LightningBruiser
* TheSociopath: The only villain in the franchise to murder ''children'', and feel nothing but ''cold satisfaction'' afterwards on top of that.
* TheStoic: Not one time does he emote to anything. He always acts and speaks with a very stoic presence. And it makes him more terrifying.
%%* WouldHurtAChild

!!General Ramon Esperanza
->'''Played By:''' Franco Nero

%%* BeardOfEvil
* CigarChomper: He's seen asking his guard to light his up during the flight.
* ClickHello: The pilot of Esperanza's plane is being told by Stuart to land at a different runway than he has been instructed to. As he's protesting the change in orders: *CLICK* "Captain, please tell the tower you will proceed as ordered."
%%* TheGeneralissimo
* HandyCuffs: Esperanza uses his to strangle his guard on the plane to get access to his handcuff key.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's clearly based on Manuel Noriega, and bears a physical resemblance to FidelCastro.

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[[folder:Die Hard with a Vengeance]]

!!Zeus Carver
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson

* AccidentalMisnaming: "Why do you keep calling me Jésus?! Do I look Puerto Rican to you?"
* ActionDuo: With [=McClane=].
%%* AngryBlackMan
%%* KnightInSourArmor
%%* TheLancer
%%* MalcolmXerox
* NobleBigot: Zeus' EstablishingCharacterMoment reveals he has a severe grudge against white people. He still saves John's life and teams up with him to defeat Simon.
* PapaWolf: When he finds out that the school bomb is planted in the same school his nephews attend, the first thing he does is threaten to shoot Simon.

!!Simon Peter Gruber

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SimonGruber_5558.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JeremyIrons

* AffablyEvil: A very polite terrorist and thief. This [[DeconstructedTrope works against him]] when he gives [=McClane=] a bottle of aspirines containing relevant infomation. Steers towards FauxAffablyEvil when he's robbing the bank.
* BackUpTwin / SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Straddles the line.
* {{Badass}}: Takes a more physical approach than his brother, and can go toe to toe with [=McClane=]. His backstory reveals he was an East German Special Forces [[ColonelBadass Colonel]] who turned terrorist.
* BatmanGambit: Wreaks havok to divert law enforcement attention from his real target.
* BigBad: Of the third film.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He may not ''like'' his younger brother Hans, but that does not mean he lacks basic familial love for him: "There's a difference between not liking your brother and not caring when some dumb Irish flatfoot drops him out a window."
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* TheChessmaster
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Simon betrays his Middle Eastern clients by trying to keep the gold instead of blowing it up and then tries to maximise his share. He keeps at least some of his accomplices in the dark about the ultimate fate of the gold, and then kills them when they find out. In the alternate ending, he's killed his girlfriend as well a few months after the movie's over.
* CriminalMindGames: Subverted, his quests are all part of a misdirection.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In spite of the money at stake, he will not murder children in cold blood for it. After all, "I'm a soldier, not a monster...though I sometimes work for monsters."
* EvilSoundsDeep
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He gave [=McClane=] a bottle of aspirin, which gave him the location of their hideout in the climax.
* LargeHam: Like [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]] in the previous year, Creator/JeremyIrons seems like he has a lot of fun playing charming and devious villains.
* LaughablyEvil
* NobleDemon: The kind of leader a band of warriors have is reflected in their behavior, for unlike most moustache-twirling one-dimensional villains, Simon's men actually go out of their way to make sure children will not be hurt in their operations, and actually bother to ''mourn'' the losses of their brothers before rejoicing in their ill-gotten money. Goes hand-in-hand with EvenEvilHasStandards above.
* NotSoDifferent: Both he and [=McClane=] are suffering from headaches (no thanks to each other) throughout the movie.
* PorkyPigPronunciation: Though out the film, Simon seemed to have a stutter of sorts when talking over the phone when "pushed". However, in the scenes when he wasn't speaking to the NYPD, he talks and speaks perfectly fine and fakes a stutter while calling New York police gullible, indicating it was just a ruse.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: An honorable and humane quality that sets Simon apart from normal Hollywood villains such as Colonel Stuart above.

!!Katya
->'''Played By:''' Sam Phillips

%%* TheBaroness
%%* BlondesAreEvil
%%* DarkActionGirl
%%* DarkMistress
%%* TheDragon
%%* FemmeFatale
%%* KnifeNut
%%* TheVamp
* TheVoiceless: The original ending to the movie suggests she may be mute, but in the final cut she does yell when shooting at [=McClane=]. She was originally supposed to have a speaking part in the film; however, it was decided that her character would be silent, since it made her appear much more imposing and lethal. This makes the scene where she slices one of the Federal Reserve guards to death much more powerful.

!! Mathias Targo
->'''Played By:''' Nicholas Wyman

%%* TheBrute
%%* MadeOfIron
%%* PerpetualFrowner

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live Free or Die Hard/Die Hard 4.0]]

!!Matt Farrell
->'''Played By:''' Justin Long

* DeadpanSnarker: [=McClane=]'s humor is contagious even for his sidekicks.
%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
%%* TheLancer
* NonActionGuy: While Matt is a bit of a wimp when it comes to fighting, he knows all the hacker tricks [=McClane=] needs to defeat Gabriel.
** TookALevelInBadass: Though he does later pick up a gun [[spoiler:and shoots Gabriel's [[TheDragon other Dragon]] during the final showdown.]]
%%* PlayfulHacker
%%* TheSmartGuy

!!Miguel Bowman
->'''Played By:''' Cliff Curtis

%%* BaldOfAwesome
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Molina
->'''Played By:''' ZeljkoIvanek

* NumberTwo: To Bowman.
%%* PerpetualFrowner
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

!!Thomas Gabriel
->'''Played By:''' Timothy Olyphant

* BadBoss: See You Have Outlived Your Usefulness below
* BigBad: For the fourth film.
%%* TheChessmaster
%%* TheCracker
%%* CreepyMonotone
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* DiabolicalMastermind
%%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
* FallenHero: In a way. He wanted to protect the country. Then he decided that infinite wealth would be kind of nice.
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
* ItsPersonal: He really doesn't like John killing Mai well.
%%* NotSoHarmlessVillain
* UnholyMatrimony: With Mai.
* SoftSpokenSadist
%%* SinisterSurveillance
* SmugSnake: He believes himself to be on a higher intellectual plane then everyone else, particularly [=McClane=].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: At least he ''claims'' to be. The fact that he's "getting paid for his work" kind of makes this hard to believe, though.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Has all of his tech experts except Trey killed after they complete their task for him near the end of the movie.

!!Mai Linh
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaggieQ

%%* {{Badass}}
%%* DarkActionGirl
%%* DarkMistress
%%* TheDragon
%%* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes
%%* MadeOfIron
%%* LightningBruiser
* UnholyMatrimony: With Gabriel.

!!Trey
->'''Played By:''' Jonathan Sadowski

* EvilCounterpart: To Matt Farrell.
* TheEvilGenius: Although Gabriel is enough of an evil genius.
%%* TechnoWizard

!!Warlock
->'''Played By:''' Creator/KevinSmith

%%* BasementDweller
%%* CrazyPrepared
%%* GeniusSlob
* InUniverseNickname: His real name is Frederick.
%%* {{Nerd}}
%%* TechnoWizard

[[/folder]]

[[folder:A Good Day to Die Hard]]

!!Yuri Komorov
->'''Played By:''' Sebastian Koch

%%* [[spoiler:BaitTheDog]]
%%* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
%%* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]
%%* [[spoiler:BeardOfEvil]]
* [[spoiler:DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted, as he is met with a HelicopterBlender mid-fall]].
%%* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Irina is his daughter.
%%* [[spoiler:FauxAffablyEvil]]
%%* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Possibly a first in the Die Hard series.

!!Irina Komorov
->'''Played By:''' Yuliya Snigir

* [[spoiler:AvengingTheVillain: What she ''tries'' to do after seeing that Jack had killed her father, while she was losing control of the Mi-26 Halo cargo helicopter she was piloting due to John's interference. It leads to her ramming the Halo right into the building the [=McClane=]s, only for them to have already escaped, leading to her death.]]
%%* BikerBabe
%%* [[spoiler:DaddysLittleVillain]]
%%* DarkActionGirl
* [[spoiler:HellishCopter: How she died.]]
* [[spoiler:TheMole: To Chagarin.]]
%%* MsFanservice
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:She rams her Halo cargo helicopter to kill the [=McClane=]s when she notices that they've already jumped out of the building she was about to crash into just to kill them.]]

!!Alik
->'''Played By:''' Radivoje Bukvic

%%* AxCrazy
* [[spoiler:BoomHeadshot: How Komorov kills him. Of course, he countinues to fire into the body long after he had shot the guy.]]
%%* TheDragon
* LargeHam: The dude dancing a jig in front of John, while kicking away their weapons.
%%* HiredGuns
%%* TheMafiya
* PsychoForHire: Enjoys destruction and carnage while doing his job.

!!Viktor Chagarin
->'''Played By:''' Sergei Kolsenikov

%%* DiabolicalMastermind
* [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss: At first it looked like he's the BigBad... until Komorov kills Alik, and gets killed himself by one of Komorov's men.]]
%%* EvilSoundsDeep
%%* FauxAffablyEvil
%%* TheMafiya
%%* [[spoiler:NeckSnap]]

[[/folder]]

[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/JohnMcClane_4485.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."'']]
->'''Played By:''' BruceWillis

%%* ActionHero
%%* ActionSurvivor
* AntiHero: He drinks, smokes, curses, bloodily dispatches his enemies, causes wide scale property damage, is not the greatest husband, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking generally acts like a dick]].
* TheAlcoholic: In the third film a character comments that John [=McClane=] is two steps away from being a full-blown alcoholic. [=McClane=] corrects him by [[SelfDeprecation holding up a single finger and saying "One step."]]
* {{Badass}}: The essence of the character. What made the ''Die Hard'' series stand out over other action films, especially the ones from the 1980s, was that [=McClane=] is very vulnerable. [[spoiler:Just watch his reactions with Hans, especially when he tries to talk Ellis from saying he didn't know who he was just to save Ellis' life in the first movie, or trying his best to signal the plane that Stuart was gonna crash.]] He could also barely fight when he is badly hurt, and has to relies on hiding and [[CombatPragmatist dirty tactics]] to overcome his enemies and stay alive.
** BadassGrandpa: From the fourth film onwards. His own son even lampshades this.
** HeartbrokenBadass: He still loves his wife, even if they are not married anymore. It becomes a factor in ''Die Hard 3'' where he wants to get back with his wife, only for work to get in the way.
* BaldOfAwesome: From the fourth film onwards. The previous three films are [[JustForPun Balding Of Awesome]].
* BeingGoodSucks: He lives this trope. Over the course of all five movies, his wife has divorced him, his daughter is distant from him, he's completely estranged from his son [[spoiler: and when he tries to save him he ends up destroying a secret CIA mission that took ''three years'' to plan]], and he simply finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time at all times. His fellow officers don't seem to care much for him, he's nearly an alcoholic, he's bitter, alone, and depressed, yet time after time, he continues to save the day simply because he's "that guy", as he puts it in his own words.
* CatchPhrase: "Yipee-ki-yay, motherfucker!"
* TheChewToy: On top of the amount of abuse he takes in each film, his life in general just sucks.

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even if he doesn't like it, but in a world filled with terrorists, [[PoliceAreUseless incompetent cops]] and [[InnocentBystanders innocent victims]], someone has to be the hero.

* CoolOldGuy: From the fourth film onwards.
%%* CowboyCop
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DefectiveDetective: For John saving the day is much easier than saving a marriage.
* DentedIron: Throughout the films, the injuries he takes leave him battered, bruised and bleeding. This is particularly notable in the first film, especially since he's barefoot for the entirety of the hostage situation.
* DestructiveSaviour: Sorry, Washington DC and Moscow. Hope you have [=McClane=] insurance.
* {{Determinator}}: In the first film, he gets beat up, shot at, nearly blown up, jumps himself off a building and crashes through a glass window, his feet get lacerated, and he eventually gets shot in the shoulder. This does not stop him. The third film has him getting pistol-whipped, blown up, beaten, drowned, shot at, beaten, and blown up ''again''. This makes him angry. In the fourth film, he is shot at, blown up, shot at some more, thrown out of a car, beaten up by a hot Asian chick, dropped down an elevator shaft, frozen, beat up again, shot at ''by a jet fighter'', shot, and then ''shoots himself''. He doesn't give up at any point.
%%* GoodIsNotNice
%%* TheHero
%%* HonorBeforeReason
%%* HotDad

%%* {{Jerkass}}
%%** JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* KnightInSourArmor: He may be tired, but what matters is that he still ''cares''.
** He even gives a trope-defining little speech in the fourth movie:
-->'''John [=McClane=]:''' You know what you get for being a hero? Nothin'. You get shot at. You get a little pat on the back, blah, blah, blah, attaboy. You get divorced. Your wife can't remember your last name. Your kids don't want to talk to you. You get to eat a lot of meals by yourself. Trust me, kid, nobody wants to be that guy.
-->'''Matt Farrell:''' Then why you doing this?
-->'''John [=McClane=]:''' Because there's nobody else to do it right now, that's why. Believe me, if there were somebody else to do it, I'd let them do it, but there's not. So we're doing it.
* LoveCannotOvercome: John and Holly clearly care about each other, but their marriage is already strained in the first movie. While Film/DieHard ends with them back together, ultimately their relationship can't survive John's ChronicHeroSyndrome. They're officially separated by movie three and divorced by movie four, adding to John's KnightInSourArmor bitterness.
* MacGyvering: His ability to create makeshift gadgets to save the day would make the TropeMaker himself proud.
* MadeOfIron: Over the course of each ''Die Hard'' movie John [=McClane=] takes a ''lot'' of physical abuse, but he still manages to keep fighting.
* ManlyTears: When he fails to save a plane full of innocents from being murdered in ''Die Harder.''
* MotivationalLie: Cleverly uses one to get Zeus to help him in the 3rd movie.
* MrFanservice: Many female audiences surely remember his famous WalkingShirtlessScene from the first movie.
* MutilationConga: It seems like each movie is just an excuse to put [=McClane=] through one of these.
* PermaStubble: In the third movie. Because he was pulled out of bed while still hungover from a night of hard drinking.
** 4th movie as well (he was up all night borderline stalking his daughter, and then had to go all the way from NYC to DC).
* RightManInTheWrongPlace: The story of his life.
* SelfDeprecation: Many of his stings. Sometimes, as he's talking to himself. ("Oh, John. What the fuck are you doing?")
%%* SmokingIsCool
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Whenever John meets someone who is snarkier then he is, there's bound to be some of them.
%%* TheSouthpaw: Since Bruce Willis is left handed so is he. Every single VideoGame adaptation of ''Die Hard'' tends to forget this though.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He's considerably grumpier and ruder in the third and fourth movies, but still a good man underneath.
** It would be safe to assume that ''failing'' to save hundreds of innocent people from a fiery death and watching it happen '''right in front of him''' in ''Die Harder'' is an experience traumatic enough to turn ''anyone'' a bit mean and cynical.
** Perhaps more importantly, his marriage breaks down between the second and third movies. His hung-over and depressed condition in the third is directly stated to be a product of Holly leaving him, while in the fourth, he has the entire afore-quoted speech about how alienated he is from his loved ones, and how useless being considered a hero is when compared.
* WouldHitAGirl: With his fists, with a computer monitor, with a car...

!!Holly [=Gennero=]/[=McClane=]
->'''Played By:''' Bonnie Bedelia

John [=McClane’s=] estranged wife. A hard working businesswoman who cares deeply for John and her children despite the separation.

%%* EightiesHair
* LoveCannotOvercome: John and Holly clearly care about each other, but their marriage is already strained in the first movie. While ''Film/DieHard'' ends with them back together, ultimately their relationship can't survive John's ChronicHeroSyndrome. Before movie three Holly leaves John, and by movie four they're long divorced.
* MarriedToTheJob: Moved to the west coast for the sake of her career while John stayed in New York.
%%* WorkingWithTheEx

!!Lucy [=Gennero=]/[=McClane=]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MaryElizabethWinstead

The daughter of John and Holly [=McClane=].

* AscendedExtra: Small role in the first Die Hard, turns out to have a major one in the fourth one.
* DefiantCaptive: While Gabriel still kidnaps her, Lucy isn't about to get all upset about it.
-->'''Lucy''': (over the phone as Gabriel's forcing her to beg for her life): Daddy? ''{{Beat}}'' [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome There's only five of them now]].
* DemotedToExtra: In the fifth film, where her brother was the one that was taking stage. She only appears taking John to the airport, talking to him on the phone in the extended cut, and [[spoiler:picking both of the [=McClane=]s from the airport]].
* FieryRedHead: Red hair and a defiant, headstrong and snarky personality.
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: Defiant, headstrong, snarky and very able to put a useful fight against her captors.
-->'''Matt''': "Wow, I know that tone. It's just weird hearing it come from someone with... hair."
* RescueRomance: At the end, it looks like Lucy and Matt are flirting ''hard'' with each other. This causes Lucy's dad even ''more'' pain than anything Gabriel inflicted on him...

!!John "Jack" [=McClane=] Jr.
->'''Played By:''' Jai Courtney

The son of John and Holly [=McClane=].

* ActionDuo: With his dad.
* AscendedExtra: Like his sister before him, small role in the first movie and gets to hang with his father in the fifth movie, taking down terrorists with him.
%%* {{Badass}}
* BaldOfAwesome: Well, a really close buzz cut at least.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Considering he goes by "Jack" instead of "John Jr.", [[FirstNameBasis he calls his dad "John"]] and they were estranged for so long that [[spoiler: John had no idea where his son even ''was'' before learning he was in Russia, let alone being a CIA agent]].
* TheChessmaster: Compared to [[IndyPloy his father]], Jack's plan took three whole years to set up and he presumably accounted for everything... [[RightManInTheWrongPlace except his dad.]]
* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Jack ''wanted'' to be arrested so he could infiltrate TheMafiya[=/=]terrorists/Mafiya-terrorists and then his estranged dad suddenly appears to rescues him with a ''hugely destructive three-way car chase'' (John (small truck) vs. Jack (large truck) vs. Mafiya (giant armored truck)).
* DeadpanSnarker: Gets it from his dad.
-->'''John:''' Need a hug?
-->'''Jack:''' We're not really a hugging family.
-->'''John:''' Damn straight.
* {{Foil}}: The HBO making-of seems to indicate that he is -- or wants to be -- TheChessmaster to John's IndyPloy master since [[spoiler: he's a CIA agent who deliberately puts himself in dangerous situations, is described as "by-the-book", and his secret mission took three years to set up]].
* LikeFatherLikeSon: It's pretty clear he's just as badass as his dad.
-->'''Jack''': [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Someone's gotta stop him.]]\\
'''John''': Atta boy.

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!!John [=McClane=], Sr.

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!![=Gotrek=] Gurnisson.
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!!Gotrek Gurnisson.

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