History Characters / NightAtTheMuseum

* WomenAreWiser: One of most level headed and knowledgeable characters in the whole trilogy, Ahkmenrah is arguably the only exhibit wiser than her.

* TheUnfavorite: According to himself, his parents preferred Ahkmenrah over him, even giving his younger brother the throne. The third movie seems to confirm this, as their father never even mentions Kahmunrah and specifically had the tablet made after Ahkmenrah's birth, because Merenkahre couldn't bear to lose him.

* AmbiguouslyGay / AmbiguouslyBi: Subtly implied he has some sort of feelings towards Octavius, at the end of the third movie. He seems to get jealous when Octavius compliments Lancelot's looks, and during their [[spoiler:almost death]], he decides to take Octavius' hand.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: He and his men, as they are based from black-and-white cardboard cutouts.

* ReligionIsMagic: She receives visions of the future from what she presumes to be the Christian God, but since she's given life by a magic Egyptian tablet it's unclear if she's right.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: At first he acts like a normal predatorial theropod but when he is thrown a bone, particularly one of his own ribs, he loves to chase it and bring it back.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Larry reveals the tablet decaying, Cecil remembers a warning he had heard when his father first took the tablet. He thought it spoke of the end of the world, but now he realizes it is talking about the deaths of the museum exhibits and is horrified to learn he has a hand in their destruction.

* TheUnfavorite: According to himself, his parents preferred Ahkmenrah over him, even giving his younger brother the throne. The third movie seems to confirm this, as their father never even mentions Kahmunrah and specifically had the tablet made after Ahkmenrah's birth, because Merenkhare couldn't bear to lose him.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Downplayed since he was threatening a living bobble head, but it's heavily implied that he used force to get the Einstein figurines to tell him the tablet's combination.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: He and his men, as they are based on a photograph in black and white.

* DramaticDrop: When Kahmunrah is opening the portal to the Underworld, Capone drops the Einstein bobble-head he was threatening.

* SingleMindedTwins: All five figures talk and think at the same time like a hivemind.

* VillainousFriendship: He gets along pretty well with Napolean and takes offense to Capone bullying him.

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* AffectionateNickname: Jed calls him “Ockie”.

-->'''Played by:''' Crystal the Monkey\\

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Alice Isaaz

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/RickyGervais\\

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/DickVanDyke, Creator/PercyHynesWhite (child)
-->'''Dubbed by:''' Creator/GeorgesClaisse (European French)

* AffablyEvil: Cecil is actually rather friendly. [[spoiler: He and the other night-guards being fired is what leads them to the idea of stealing the tablet. And while they *do* plan to use Larry as their scapegoat, they never consider harming his son. At one point, he even yells at Sacagawea to get out of his way, when he escapes with the stage-coach]]. The third movie shows that afterwards, he remains on good terms with Larry.

* HeelFaceTurn: He and the other two guards return in the third movie completely reformed. Both Cecil and Reginald don’t even hold any ill will towards Larry… [[GrumpyOldMan Now Gus on the other hand.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Cecil does this unintentionally when he advises Larry to do research on the museum exhibits so he can better manage them -- [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun and Larry uses this newfound knowledge to stop Cecil’s escape by shouting a secret code word (“Dakota”) to the mail horses he’s driving away with... who were trained to stop only if the word was said]].]]

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* MyGreatestFailure: He confesses to Larry during the final battle that he didn’t like how his real-life counterpart died -- rightly so, too, seeing as he led an army into a Native American massacre and died with his men.

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-->'''Played by:''' Crystal the Monkey

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/JonahHill

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/DanStevens

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Seeing the exhibits begin to die in front of him as well as Larry’s friendship with them makes Lancelot realize how selfish he has been, making him pull a HeelFaceTurn and finally relinquishing the tablet.]]

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/RebelWilson

* AmbigiousSituation: It's unknown whether or not if he's a miniature of the frontiersman [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Smith Jedediah Smith]], and it does not help that they look somewhat alike.

* AmbigiousSituation: It's unknown whether or not if he's a miniature of the future Roman Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} who was born as Octavius.

* MatureYoungerSibling: Ahkmenrah is younger than his brother Kahmunrah, but far more sensible, down to earth and pleasant to be around, as opposed to his bloodthirsty, childish brother. It's easy to see, why his parents passed the throne to him instead.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He uses a flashlight to defeat Kahmunrah in the second film. A case of TruthInTelevision, museum flashlights ARE built incredibly tough and museum guards often use them to try and subdue people.

* GuileHero: Larry is ''extremely'' clever when he wants to be, has a sharp memory and eventually develops nerves of steel, and so solves most problems he runs into with lateral thinking, improvised solutions, and his own wits. This is especially noticeable when he goes up against the series' various villains, whom can always overpower him but never out''wit'' him.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He's that [[UsefulNotes/{{Augustus}} Octavius]].

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/DickVanDyke

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* BigBad: Bloodthirsty and rather hammy, he is the main villain of the second movie.

* TokenReligiousTeammate: She's extremely outspoken in her religious devotion, attributing her revival to and visions as acts of God.

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/PatrickGallagher

-->'''Played by:''' Crystal the Monkey

!!Natural History Museum of New York

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!!Leslie [=McPhee=]
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'''Voiced by:''' Jamie Demetriou (''Kahmunrah Rises Again'')

The museum director. He is a [[SarcasmMode very fun person]].

* {{Angrish}}: When angry, he starts metaphors and can never finish them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He isn’t a fun person, but each film shows he is still a pretty good person.
** He fires Larry after one of the neanderthals disappears, but after Larry’s heartfelt request he gives him another chance.
** He acknowledges Larry as the best night guard the museum had in the second film... Though he CannotSpitItOut.
** The third film has him at his most noble. After the failure of the museum party and getting fired, he is [[JerkassHasAPoint understandably furious at Larry.]] Yet he still hears him out and then risks being sent to jail to help Larry get to the British Museum to fix things.
* MeanBoss: Short tempered, condescending and very nervous, at the verge of firing Larry even for the teeniest thing. He gets better in subsequent movies, but he is still a bit of a jerk.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:In the third movie, he finds out about the museum's secret.]]
* {{Troll}}: He had a caveman created to look just like Larry in the third film (Laa) as a joke.

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!!Rexy
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The [[DemBones skeleton]] of an enormous ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' at the entrance of the museum.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: At first he acts like a normal predatorial theropod but when he is thrown a bone, particularly one of his own ribs, he loves to chase it and bring it back.
* DemBones: [[CaptainObvious Duh]], it's a ''skeleton''.
* DomesticatedDinosaurs: Very tame and loves to chase and bring things to Larry like a dog would do.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The decaying tablet causes him to stop acting like a friendly dog and instead the ferocious tyrannosaurus rex he is.

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!!The Moai
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A ''moai'', with a love for "gum-gum."

* YouNoTakeCandle: He talks in broken English, referring to anyone as "dum-dum" and always asking for "gum-gum" as food.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jed, starting at the end of the first film. Though fans would find the heterosexuality party very debatable.

!!Cecil

* BadassBaritone: This is what happens when [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} Auguste Gusteau]] stops talking French and voices a statue in broken English.

* BadassBaritone: He has the deepest voice of the three former night guards.