History Characters / RedRidingHood

* YourCheatingHeart: She makes out with Peter while engaged to Henry, although she's portrayed more [[SympatheticAdulterer sympathetically]] as she didn't have a say about marrying Henry.

* YourCheatingHeart: It turns out that [[spoiler: she cheated on Cesaire with Adrian, whom she was actually in love with, and that he's Lucie's real father.]] This comes back to haunt her eventually...

* YourCheatingHeart: It's revealed he [[spoiler: had an affair with the married Suzette, possibly whilst he was also married, and is the real father of Suzette's eldest daughter Lucie]].

* {{ParentalHypocrisy}}: She tries to force Valerie to marry a man she doesn't love for money and security and tells her to just put up with it, as she may eventually come to love her husband as she did. [[spoiler: It's then revealed that Suzette cheated on Cesaire in the first few years of the marriage and passed her eldest child off as her husband's]].

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Or rather, Taking the Projectile Silver Stake.]]

* AloneWithThePsycho: In the film's climax, she ends up alone with the Wolf. [[spoiler: Subverted, in that the Wolf doesn't want to kill her. He wants her to join him.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: At the beginning of the story, she is betrothed to Henry, due him being wealthy. She is unhappy about this for various reasons, not least because she’s actually in love with her childhood friend Peter, and only reluctantly goes along with it. [[spoiler: They eventually break it off after Henry realises she prefers Peter.]]
* BeastAndBeauty: [[spoiler: With Wolf!Peter in the end.]]
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight. She's the most beautiful girl in the village and is also [[NiceGirl sweet and kind]] for the most part.
* BerserkButton: She is usually a reasonable girl, but hits a man making fun of her drunken father with a piece of wood.

* DistressedDamsel: When Father Solomon ties her up to be bait for the Wolf.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played straight; she has blonde hair and is largely a good and kind person.

* InnocentBlueEyes: Has large, beautiful blue eyes (courtesy of Amanda Seyfried). Notably, she’s one of the only characters in the film who has blue eyes, making them stand out even more.

* LadyInRed: Often wears a red [[InTheHood hooded]] cloak her grandmother made for her. This gets her in a spot of bother later, as Roxanne uses her wearing red – the 'Devil's colour' – as proof she's a witch.

* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: Ends up killing her father, with Peter’s help. It's justified, as he turns out to be the Wolf and intended to forcibly make her a werewolf.]]

* TrueBlueFemininity: Usually wears a light blue gown.

* AnAxToGrind: His WeaponOfChoice. Justified, seeing as he’s a woodcutter.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Henry’s Betty for Valerie. [[spoiler: She [[FirstGuyWins picks him]]]].
* BigDamnHeroes: Bursts into Grandmother’s cottage to save Valerie [[spoiler: just as the Wolf is about to attack her]].

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Valerie. [[spoiler: He eventually becomes a Victorious Childhood Friend.]]

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Played straight.

* BerserkButton: When Peter implies he is to blame for [[spoiler: his father’s]] death.
* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Peter’s Veronica for Valerie.

* HeartbrokenBadass: By the film’s end, due to [[spoiler: his father dying and his love interest rejecting him]].
* HopelessSuitor: Mostly one to Valerie. She does consider choosing him, [[spoiler: but ultimately only ever loved Peter]].

* NobleDemon / AntiVillain: [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope At first]]. Whilst previous generations of werewolves terrorized Daggerhorn, stealing children from their beds, this Wolf simply demands they provide livestock for it to feast on when there's a full moon and otherwise leaves them be. [[spoiler: Then he found out his wife had cheated on him...]]

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: A near literal example. The Wolf is one of the villagers of Daggerhorn, pretending to be an ordinary citizen. It's [[TheReveal revealed]] to be [[spoiler: Cesaire, Valerie's drunk and bumbling, but loving and seemingly harmless father.]]

* LargeHam: Easily the hammiest character in the film.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She tries to force Valerie to marry a man she doesn't love for money and security and tells her to just put up with it, as she may eventually come to love her husband as she did. [[spoiler: It's then revealed that Suzette cheated on Cesaire in the first few years of the marriage and passed her eldest child off as her husband's]].

* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is murdered by the Wolf, after she figures out their identity.]]

* PinkMeansFeminine: Wore a pink dress when she went out to meet a boy [[spoiler: or so she thought]].

->'''Played by:''' Julie Christie

->'''Played by:''' Michael Shanks

* ArrangedMarriage: Had one in the past to Henry's mother. [[spoiler: He secretly conducted an affair with Suzette, the girl he actually loved.]]

* LetsSplitUpGang: Foolishly agrees to go along with this whilst the villagers are hunting for the Wolf in the caves. [[spoiler: It gets him killed.]]

* GrandeDame: Comes across as one.

* RichBitch: Implied to be one. She forced her son to marry a woman of her choosing rather than the woman he actually loved. Whilst paying her respects to her future granddaughter-in-law after her sister is killed, she condescendingly comments that Valerie has always been "the pretty one", ''whilst her sister's body is laid out nearby''. She also seems to blame Valerie and her family for [[spoiler: her son's death]], glaring at them after [[spoiler: his body is returned]].

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Dances seductively with Valerie to make Peter jealous.

* EtTuBrute: Valerie confides in her that she can hear the Wolf speaking to her and that it wants her to come with it, abd she promises not to tell. However, she eventually betrays Valerie to Solomon in exchange for Claude's release.
* MustMakeAmends: She deeply regrets her betrayal of Valerie, asking Prudence to apologise to Valerie on her behalf and is one of the first people to shield Valerie from the Wolf when it corners her near the church.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He's implied to be autistic. Unfortunately, in the Middle Ages, his unusual behaviour causes him to be suspected of witchcraft and/or lycanthropy.
* BreakTheCutie: The poor kid is the one who finds Lucie's body and after the Wolf attacks, he's found cowering at the top of a building, completely traumatised. He is then wrongfully suspected of sorcery and imprisoned and tortured.

* TheVoiceless: He doesn't ever really speak (possibly due to his autism).

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Mauled to death by the Wolf.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler: It's revealed that her father is not Cesaire, but Adrian, whom her mother had an affair with. This explains why Suzette wouldn't let her marry Henry (they're paternal half-siblings). It's also revealed to be why the Wolf killed her - Cesaire tried to communicate with her in his wolf form to persuade her to become a werewolf too. When she couldn't understand him, he realised she wasn't biologically his, lost his temper and killed her.]]

* TheUnfavourite: Zig zagged. Valerie was said to be the prettier of the two and the one who gets attention from the boys, and Lucie was quite upset that Valerie was betrothed to Henry instead of her. That being said [[spoiler: Cesaire chose to reveal his lycanthropy and offer his 'gift' to her first, as she was the eldest]], perhaps implying some favouritism.

* ArrangedMarriage: Had one with Cesaire. She states it became a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage [[spoiler: but considering that she cheated on her husband and how the events of the film pan out, this is likely subverted]].

* TheOneThatGotAway: Tells Valerie that when she was younger, she was in love with someone else before her parents made her marry Cesaire, but that she was eventually HappilyMarried to her husband. [[spoiler: Or not, seeing as she had an affair with the man she really loved. This come back to bite her in the ass eventually]].
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Loses her daughter Lucie.

* CoolOldLady: She's a very wise, witchy old woman and a loving grandmother to Valerie, being one of the few people besides Peter who truly seems to understand and sympathise with her. [[spoiler: She also manages to discover the Wolf's true identity, though unfortunately the Wolf realises this too.]]
* CreepyGood: She’s rather strange and acts suspiciously, but ''seems'' be a sweet and loving grandmother. [[spoiler: She is. Unfortunately she becomes one of the Wolf’s victims, as in the original tale.]]
* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is murdered by the Wolf, after she figures out the their identity.]]

* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Hacked with an axe and stabbed with silver fingernails in the film's climax.]]
* CursedWithAwesome: How it sees its lycanthrophy.
* DarkIsEvil: Has fur as black its heart.

* NobleDemon / AntiVillain: [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope At first]]. Whilst previous generations of werewolves terrorised Daggerhorn, stealing children from their beds, this Wolf simply demands they provide livestock for it to feast on when there's a full moon and otherwise leaves them be. [[spoiler: Then he found out his wife had cheated on him...]]
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Usually has these in its wolf form, though sometimes, they're brown, hinting its true identity.

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: A near literal example. The Wolf is one of the villagers of Daggerhorn, pretending to be an ordinary citizen. It's [[TheReveal revealed]] to be [[spoiler: Cesaire Valerie's drunk and bumbling, but loving and seemingly harmless father.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: To an extent. The Wolf only started terrorising the village because [[spoiler: he discovered his wife had cheated on him and lied to him about the parentage of his eldest child]], causing it to snap and go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Steps into this as the film progresses, starting with torturing Roxanne's intellectually disabled brother as a 'witch' for doing card tricks, using Valerie as bait for the Wolf and killing [[spoiler: Father Auguste]] for trying to intervene.

* KickTheDog: Has a few moments:
** He humours Roxanne when she comes to plead for her brother to be released, including letting her strip off to offer her body to him, before dismissing her, clearly amused by her actions in spite of her obvious distress and humiliation.

* TheLostLenore: His wife and the mother of his children, whom he was forced to kill after discovering she was werewolf (after she attacked him and he cut off her paw, only for it to turn into a human hand).
* ShootTheDog: He kills one of his men after they are bitten by the Wolf, as "a man bitten is a man cursed". [[spoiler: He himself is later on the receiving end of this]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: He just wants to rid the world of evil. Even if that includes hurting or killing a few innocent people if they get in the way and acting like a tyrannical {{Jerkass}}.

* ArrangedMarriage: Had one with Suzette. She implies it turned into a PerfectlyArrangedMarriage [[spoiler: but considering the events of the film, this is likely subverted]].

* BumblingDad: Comes across as one to Valerie and Lucie, particularly because of his drinking. [[spoiler: It's actually an act.]]

* DirtyCoward: Sees himself as one when he froze up in terror and couldn't prevent the Wolf from killing [[spoiler: his father]]. Becomes a CowardlyLion over the course of the film, overcoming his fears to protect the village.
* DisposableFiance: Zig zagged [[spoiler: and eventually played straight]] with Valerie.
* EnemyMine: Teams up with his [[TheRival romantic rival]] Peter to save Valerie.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: After realising Valerie is in love with Peter, he willingly breaks off their engagement so they can be together.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Has his moments, such as deliberately flirting and dancing with Rose to make Valerie jealous, but also letting her be herself and going to great lengths to help her.

* WitchHunt: Becomes the target of one, due to being able to telepathically communicate with the Wolf.

* IWillWaitForYou: Promises to wait for Peter to return to her [[spoiler: after he leaves to get his wolf side under control. The end sees them happily reunited]].

%%* HateSink: Played with.
* HunterOfMonsters / WitchHunter: He makes a living travelling to remote towns and villages, helping them get rid of witches, werewolves and other such creatures. Unfortunately, he takes it to some [[HeWhoFightsMonsters extreme levels]].

* KnightTemplar / HeWhoFightsMonsters: Steps into this as the film progresses, starting with torturing Roxanne's intellectually disabled brother as a 'witch' for doing card tricks, using Valerie as bait for the Wolf and killing [[spoiler: Father Auguste]] for trying to intervene.

The main protagonist. She’s the youngest daughter of Cesaire and Suzette and younger sister to Lucie, as well as the love interest to both Peter and Henry. She discovers she has a strange connection to the Wolf, making her both a target and a suspect.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Is more attracted to [[BettyAndVeronica rebellious outcast Peter than the wholesome and sensible Henry]].

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Played straight. She’s the most beautiful girl in the village and is also [[NiceGirl sweet and kind]] for the most part.

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her parents (more so her mother) don’t approve of her relationship with Peter.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Played straight.

* LadyInRed: Often wears a red hooded cloak her grandmother made for her. This gets her in a spot of bother later, as Roxanne uses her wearing red – the ‘Devil’s colour’ – as proof she’s a witch.
* LittleRedFightingHood: Though she’s more of ActionSurvivor than a true ActionGirl, she has her moments, [[spoiler: including being the one who ultimately kills the Wolf]].

* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: Ends up killing her father, with Peter’s help. Justified, in that he turns out to be the Wolf and intended to forcibly make her a werewolf.]]

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Henry’s Betty for Valerie. [[spoiler: She picks him.]]

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Has a bit of this kind of relationship with Valerie.

* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: After he becomes a werewolf.]]

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with. Valerie starts to suspect he's the Wolf when it tells her to run away with it,, something Peter also asks her to do repeatedly, though she cannot be certain. [[spoiler: Subverted, as it ultimately turns out that Peter's not the Wolf.]]

* BigBadWolf: In this case, a ''werewolf'', specifically, though it's commonly referred as just 'the Wolf'.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Hacked with an axe and stabbed with silver fingernails in the film's climax.]]

* HunterOfMonsters / WitchHunter: Unfortunately, he takes it to some [[HeWhoFightsMonsters extreme levels]].

* TragicKeepsake: A rather grisly example. He keeps his wife's hand, complete with her wedding ring, in a box, which he cut off whilst she was attacking him in her wolf form.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He just wants to rid the word of evil. Even if that includes hurting or killing a few innocent people if they get in the way and acting like a tyrannical {{Jerkass}}.

* TheLostLenore: A familial example to her sister Valerie and her parents.

* BerserkButton: Downplayed, but she hits a man making fun of her drunken father with a piece of wood.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Peter.

* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: She’s a very attractive older lady and certainly doesn’t look her age.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: She first appears as a ''[[PosthumousCharacter corpse]]'' on-screen and so has [[CaptainObvious little active input]] into the plot, but is still very important to the overall story.

->'''Played by:''' Kacey Rohl

* LadyInRed: Often wears a red hooded cloak her grandmother made for her. This gets her in a [[{{Understatement}} spot of bother]] later, as Roxanne uses her wearing red – the ‘Devil’s colour’ – as proof she’s a witch.

* GenreSavvy: He figures out right away that the Wolf is really a werewolf and is actually a citizen of Daggerhorn.

* BerserkButton: When Peter implies he is to blame for [[spoiler: his father’s]] death.

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/AmandaSeyfried, Megan Charpentier (young)

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Shiloh Fernandez, DJ Greenburg (young)

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Max Irons

!! '''Voiced by:''' Archie Rice

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/GaryOldman

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/BillyBurke

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/VirginiaMadsen

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Julie Christie

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Lukas Haas

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Alexandria Maillot

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Michael Shanks

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Christine Willes

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Kacey Rohl

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Shauna Kain

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Cole Heppell

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Carmen Lavigne

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/Amanda Seyfried, Megan Charpentier (young)

!! '''Portrayed by:''' Creator/Amanda Seyfreid, Megan Charpentier (young)

* AloneWithThePsycho: In the film's climax, she ends up alone with the Wolf. [[spoiler: Subverted, in that the Wolf doesn't want to kill her. He wants her to join him]].
* ArrangedMarriage: At the beginning of the story, she is betrothed to Henry, due him being wealthy. She is unhappy about this for various reasons, not least because she’s actually in love with her childhood friend Peter, and only reluctantly goes along with it. [[spoiler: They eventually break it off after Henry realises she prefers Peter]].
* BeastAndBeauty: [[spoiler: With Wolf!Peter in the end]].

* DreamingTheTruth: Valerie has a dream about her grandmother being the werewolf and so she heads off to investigate. [[spoiler: She’s wrong, but not far wrong. The Wolf is actually Grandmother’s son – Valerie’s dad – and her husband was the Wolf before him]].

* LoveTriangle: She’s in a Type 4 triangle with Henry and Peter. Valerie much prefers Peter to start with, though she considers [[MarriageOfConvenience choosing Henry due to convenience]] and because she suspects Peter could be the Wolf. [[spoiler: In the end, she picks Peter]].
* MarryForLove: Valerie wants to marry Peter, her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childhood sweetheart]], and not the wealthy guy her parents picked for her. [[spoiler: She gets her wish in the end, though not without a ''lot'' of bloodshed and Peter winding up a werewolf]].
* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: Ends up killing her father, with Peter’s help. Justified, in that he turns out to be the Wolf and intended to forcibly make her a werewolf]].

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Henry’s Betty for Valerie. [[spoiler: She picks him]].

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Valerie. [[spoiler: He eventually becomes a Victorious Childhood Friend]].

* {{Irony}}: Valerie and some of the other characters spend a good chunk of the film wondering if he’s the Wolf. [[spoiler: It turns out he isn’t, though after being bitten by the real Wolf under a blood moon, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie he becomes a werewolf anyway]]]].

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Played with. Valerie starts to suspect he's the Wolf when it tells her to run away with it,, something Peter also asks her to do repeatedly, though she cannot be certain. [[spoiler: Subverted, as it ultimately turns out that Peter's not the Wolf]].

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: After realising Valerie is in love with Peter, he willingly breaks off their engagement so they can be together]].

* NiceGuy: He’s polite, compassionate and sensible, especially [[DoggedNiceGuy to Valerie]]. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn’t help him win over Valerie and bites him in the ass when he’s unable to protect his father from the Wolf]].

* InTheBlood: As it turns out, the Wolf inherited its lycanthrophy from its relatives, with each werewolf becoming stronger with each new generation. [[spoiler: Valerie, the latest generation, subverts this however, refusing to become a werewolf]].
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Hacked with an axe and stabbed with silver fingernails in the film's climax]].
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Valerie and Peter invoke this after killing him, weighing his body down with rocks and dumping it in the river so Valerie won't be persecuted for having a werewolf dad]].

* AWolfInSheepsClothing: A near literal example. The Wolf is one of the villagers of Daggerhorn, pretending to be an ordinary citizen. It's [[TheReveal revealed]] to be [[spoiler: Cesaire Valerie's drunk and bumbling, but loving and seemingly harmless father]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is murdered by the Wolf, after she figures out the their identity.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: After doing little to actually intervene in Solomon's activities, he dies defending Valerie and Henry from him]].

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Or rather, Taking the Projectile Silver Stake]].

!!Lucie

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: She was in love with Henry, though he prefered her sister. [[spoiler: This was possibly just as well, as they were actually half-siblings]].

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler: It's revealed that her father is not Cesaire, but Adrian, whom her mother had an affair with. This explains why Suzette wouldn't let her marry Henry (they're paternal half-siblings). It's also revealed to be why the Wolf killed her - Cesaire tried to communicate with her in his wolf form to persuade her to become a werewolf too. When she couldn't understand him, he realised she wasn't biologically his, lost his temper and killed her]].

* SurpriseIncest: [[spoiler: Downplayed in that nothing actually happened between them, but she was in love with Henry, who was actually her half-brother unknown to her]].
* TooDumbToLive: As stated by the characters, her going out into the fields on the night of a full moon was a very bad idea and they don't know why on earth she would've done it. [[spoiler: It turns out [[LoveMakesYouDumb she'd gone out to meet Henry]], having supposedly received a note from him asking to see her]].

!!Adrian Lazar

* ArrangedMarriage: Had one in the past to Henry's mother. [[spoiler: He secretly conducted an affair with Suzette, the girl he actually loved]].

* LetsSplitUpGang: Foolishly agrees to go along with this whilst the villagers are hunting for the Wolf in the caves. [[spoiler: It gets him killed]].

!!Madame Lazar

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Her son Adrian is killed early in the story]].

!!Prudence

!!Roxanne

!!Claude

!!Rose

* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: With Valerie after he becomes a werewolf]].

!!Father Solomon

* TheAlcoholic: Implied to be one. He's often seen drinking or hung over. [[spoiler: It's hinted this may be a bit of an act to cover up the fact he's the Wolf]].

* BeneathTheMask: On the surface, he's a bumbling drunk, yet also a loving family man. [[spoiler: He's actually the Wolf]].
* BumblingDad: Comes across as one to Valerie and Lucie, particularly because of his drinking. [[spoiler: It's actually an act]].

* {{Matricide}}: [[spoiler: Murders his mother to keep her from blabbing after she figures out he's the Wolf]].
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: His daughter Lucie is killed early in the film. [[spoiler: However, it's revealed that Lucie not only wasn't really his, but ''he'' was the one who killed her]].
* PapaWolf: He joins the angry mob to kill the Wolf in revenge for Lucie's death and helps Peter and Henry rescue Valerie from Father Solomon. [[spoiler: Of course, he turns out to be a ''literal'' Papa Wolf]].
* ParentsAsPeople: He's a somewhat [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] and [[ParentalObliviousness oblivious]] dad, but deeply loves his two children. [[spoiler: Which is why he wants them to become werewolves too]].

!!Grandmother

* CoolOldLady: She's a very wise, witchy old woman and a loving grandmother to Valerie, being one of the few people besides Peter who truly seems to understand and sympathise with her. [[spoiler: She also manages to discover the Wolf's true identity, though unfortunately the Wolf realises this too]].
* CreepyGood: She’s rather strange and acts suspiciously, but ''seems'' be a sweet and loving grandmother. [[spoiler: She is. Unfortunately she becomes one of the Wolf’s victims, as in the original tale]].

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: She is murdered by the Wolf, after she figures out the their identity]].

[[folder: Lucie]]
!!Lucie
The eldest daughter of Suzette and Cesaire and older sister to Valerie. Her death at the hands of the Wolf is the catalyst for the events of the film.