History Characters / OldWest

* OhCrap: He reacts this way during his second appearance when he sees [[TheDreaded Jake]].

* ShootTheMessenger: When Tomson brings him news of the failure of Bad Bill's gang, the new setback makes Dufayel so angry that he [[BoomHeashot shoots Tomson in the head]].

* DarkAndTroubledPast:

* TailSlap: She weaponizes her tail this way several times, like against one of rustlers and several members Bad Bill's gang.

* MamaBear: She's fiercely protective of her only child. The only reason she accepts Rango's suggestion to have Jake protect her farm is the possibility that mercenaries will target her son.

The town secretary of Mud, wife of Chuck and a mother of four daughters.

* HappilyMarried: She and her husband Chuch love each other much, despite their superficial differences and are parents to four daughters.

[[folder:Tomson]]
A rat mercenary hired by Dufayel.

[[folder:Tomson]]
A rat mercenary hired by Dufayel.

* {{Foil}}: He's clearly intended to be one for Jake. They are both big and dangerous snake cowboys for hire who show interest towards Grace. However, Henry is younger than Grace, and his scales are unscarred, smooth and vivid with their black and white pattern. Jake in turn is older than Grace, scarred and more grizzled, and his scales are darker and more rough. Henry's interest towards Grace is just plain lecherous, while Jake comes to appreciate Grace for more than her appearance. Their differences also come into play with the way Grace feels their touches on her scales: Henry's touch feels too uncomfortable while Jake's feels quite right.

* CatsAreMean: She acts in a condescending way towards Grace and Beans in her first appearance

* WomanScorned: One of the versions of her origin story says that she shot her unfaithful husband in revenge and enjoyed the killing sensation so much.

* Calling Card: Her nickname comes from her habit of leaving a bright red lipstick-kiss on the cheeks of her every murder victim.

Grace's only child through her estranged husband Benjamin Hares. His age is equivalent to that of a 10 year old human.

-->''Ya hire me to do something, ya let me do my job. I don't do it pretty, and I don't do it nice. But I do what I'm hired for. So long as ya don't get in the way'a that, we'll be fine.''

* {{Foil}}: He's clearly intended to be one for Jake. They are both big and dangerous snake cowboys for hire who show interest towards Grace. However, Henry is younger than Grace, and his scales are unscarred, smooth and vivid with their black and white pattern. Jake in turn is older than Grace, scarred and more grizzled, and his scales are darker and more rough. Henry's interest towards Grace is lecherous, while Jake comes to appreciate Grace for more than her appearance. Their differences also come into play with the way Grace feels their touches on her scales: Henry's touch feels too uncomfortable while Jake's feels quite right.

* WhatBeaautifulEyes: Jake mocks her with this trope when they meet an year [[ContinuityNod after he threatened to squeeze her eyes out]].

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: After rustles storm Grace's farm and steal half of her livestock, Rango believes them to be the same mercenaries whom he has Jake to keep away from Mud and adds to Jake's duties protection over Grace, Teddy and their home. While Grace thinks the sheriff is paranoid to not consider it to be a coincidence, Rango turns out to be right.

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: After Grace's husband Benjamin Hares suddenly left her before Teddy was born — and high and dry no less —, she hasn't tried her luck with other men, even if she'd sometimes like to have another child or two.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: After rustles storm Grace's farm and steal half of her livestock, Rango believes them to be the same mercenaries whom he has Jake to keep away from Mud and adds to Jake's duties protection over Grace, Teddy and their home. While Grace thinks the sheriff is paranoid to not consider it to be a coincidence, Rango turns out to be right.

The notorious rattlesnake outlaw who's known as the GrimReaper of the Mojave Desert. An year after [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} his first encounter with Sheriff Rango]], he's sought out and [[RecruitingTheCriminal hired by the chameleon to protect the town of Mud against shady mercenaries]]. While performing this task, Jake makes acquaintance with Grace Glossy while having to protect her, her farm and her son along the way.

A female glossy snake who lives in a private residence close to Mud. She's known to be a boar-farmer, a respectable citizen and a devoted single mother of her son Teddy. When her farm seems to become a target of the mysterious force behind the attacks on Mud, she's forced to rely on Rattlesnake Jake's protection.

Grace's only child through her estranged husband Benjamin Hares.

* {{Foil}}: He's clearly intended to be one for Jake. They are both big and dangerous snake cowboys for hire who show interest towards Grace. However, Henry is younger than Grace and his scales are unscarred, smooth and vivid with their black and white pattern. Jake in turn is older than Grace, scarred, darker and more grizzled. Henry's interest towards Grace is lecherous, while Jake comes to appreciate Grace for more than her appearance. Their differences also come into play with the way Grace feels their touches on her scales: Henry's touch feels too uncomfortable while Jake's feels quite right.

* BlingBlingBANG: He arms himself with a silver revolver.

* OhCrap: He reacts this way during his second appearance when he sees Jake.

* {{Foil}}: He's clearly intended to be one for Jake. They are both big and dangerous snake cowboys for hire who show attraction towards Grace. However, Henry is younger than Grace and his scales are unscarred, smooth and vivid with their black and white pattern. Jake is older than Grace, scarred, darker and more grizzled. Their differences also come into play with the way Grace feels their touches on her scales: Henry's touch feels too uncomfortable while Jake's feels quite right.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Jake lost his rattle as a child when a hawk tried to eat him, and he gained his tail gun in its place through an operation that might have killed him. [[spoiler:He's eventually revealed to have been raised by [[AbusiveParents a drunkard father]] who beat his mother every night. One night he was {{forced to watch}} one of those beatings. It led to his father being driven out of town, and his dying mother was "put out of her misery" by an unsympathetic deputy. Jake was left on his own and he lost his rattle only a day after.]]

* {{Foil}}: He's clearly intended to be one for Jake. They are both big snake cowboys for hire. However, Henry is younger than Grace and his scales are unscarred and vivid with their black and white pattern. Jake is older than Grace, scarred, darker and more worn out.

* StarterVillain: He appears before Dufayel or anyone else of the fox's hirelings.

A Mojave Kingsnake and one of the HiredGuns of Dufayel.

* SnakesASinister: Played straighter than with the more anti-heroic Jake.

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The chameleon who saved the town of Mud (former town of Dirt) an year ago from [[spoiler:Tortoise John]] and has been its sheriff ever since. The plot starts with him seeking out and hiring Rattlesnake Jake to protect Mud against mercenaries who have been attacking for unclear reasons.

[[folder: Theodore "Teddy" Abraham Glossy]]

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[[folder:Grace Glossy]]

The notorious rattlesnake outlaw who's known as the GrimReaper of the Mojave Desert. An year after [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} his first encounter with Sheriff Rango]], he's sought out and hired by the chameleon to protect the town of Mud against shady mercenaries. While performing this task, Jake makes acquaintance with Grace Glossy while having to protect her, her farm and her son along the way.