History Characters / SawJigsawAndAccomplices

* ArcWords: "Right now, you're feeling helpless." While not a CatchPhrase of his, as he says it only once in the Pendulum Trap's tape, but it's particularly emphasized between ''Saw V'' and ''VI''as Hoffman descends further and further into villainy; in the latter, it plays on a progressively ominous-sounding BrokenRecord basis during a voice recognition process at the FBI's tech lab during the climax, setting the tone for Hoffman's brutal CurbStompBattle and subsequent slaughter of the agents once he's discovered.

* HeroKiller: She personally kills Adam Stanheight (one of the two leads of the original ''Saw'') by suffocating him to death with a plastic bag out of mercy. She later causes the death of Detective Allison Kerry by placing her in an inescapable trap.

* HeroKiller: She personally kills Adam Stanheight (one of the two leads of the original ''Saw'') by suffocating him to death out of mercy. She later causes the death of Detective Allison Kerry by placing her in an inescapable trap.

** Amanda's villainous journey and training to be the next Jigsaw makes up the main plot arc of ''Saw II'' and ''III'', and is also briefly looked on in ''X''. Her relevance to the franchise's story mostly evaporates after her death in ''III'', since she doesn't influence people the way John does, though she does make a grand return as an important supporting character in ''Saw X''.

** Amanda's villainous journey and training to be the next Jigsaw makes up the main plot arc of ''Saw II'' and ''III'', and is also briefly looked on in ''X''. Her relevance to the franchise's story mostly evaporates after her death in ''III'', since she doesn't influence people the way John does.

* In “Saw VI”, he’s hung by a noose and slammed into the window William is watching Addy and Allen from; he is then lifted off screen.
* In “Saw 3D”, he’s placed in a little cage, reminiscent of the one Bobby started his game in, and thrown through a window to deliver the rules for Suzanne’s trap.

** In ''Saw X'', Amanda is as horrified by Cecilia's cold-blooded ruthlessness as John is. She loses her shit when Cecilia nonchalantly snaps Gabriela's neck like she's killing an insect, and is disturbed when Cecilia places Carlos (a child) to die in the bloodboarding trap simply out of spite towards John.

* PetTheDog: Regardless of the fact that she helped set up their situation, she still tries to help the other Nerve Gas House prisoners escape. Notably, Daniel Matthews, who Amanda could be forgiven to hate, as he's the son of the cop who ruined her life.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She's a murderer. She's also a recovering drug addict who was framed for a crime she didn't commit by a crooked cop, put in jail where she became addicted to heroin, and was put in a death trap which traumatized her for life, not mentioning how she claims in an early script of ''Saw III'' that she was severely abused by her father as a child.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: While her traps were inescapable, she believed that she was doing people a service by simply letting them die rather than leaving them to suffer after surviving as she did. A lot of her morality is shown through her actions with Adam; a deleted scene shows her having a guilt-ridden nightmare of his apparition asking her why she sent him to his death, and in ''Saw III'', rather than letting him starve or dehydrate to death, she delivers a MercyKill, gently saying she was going to help and free him, and genuinely sobbing the whole time.

** It's strongly implied in the flashbacks from ''Saw V'' that Hoffman had a long-term breakdown after being informed of his sister's death and seeing her corpse in person, given that the scenes set after this show him [[DrowningMySorrows as little more than a drunken mess]] and it's the thing that provokes his descent into misanthropy and vengance-fueled killing.

* LighterShadeOfBlack: Despite being revealed as an accomplice, he’s one of the more moral ones of the group. He never creates a trap, he bows out after the events of the third and fourth films, and he’s the one who neutralizes Hoffman after the latter went nuts trying to kill Jill.

* DemotedToExtra: In ''Saw X'', he appears on his tricyle to "deliver" Mateo's surgical equipment on a cart that the latter would need to use on himself for his test and once more to deliver Gabriela's tape and recorder to her, but that's it. He isn't removed afterwards and is visbly left behind when John, Amanda, and Carlos leave the factory; Billy wasn't even used to "speak" to the con-artists, though this may be justified in the sense that [[OOCISSeriousBusiness John's so enraged by them conning him that he isn't willing to screw around with Billy for this particular game]], choosing instead to berate and instruct the victims in person and through a transparent window.

!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/Tobin Bell

* GoodParents: Is a loving father to his daughter Melissa.

* MyGreatestFailure: Accidentally mislabeled John's cranial X-ray, resulting in his cancer being found too late for treatment, becoming indirectly responsible for setting off the chain of events that [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom led to John becoming Jigsaw to begin with]].

* RecoveredAddict: A FreezeFrameBonus when Halloran is going through Logan's military file noticably mentions a "relapse" in the aftermath of his wife's death. What precisely that "relapse" involved is never revealed, but it's pretty evident that it wasn't anything good.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When he was still an intern, he accidentally mislabeled two x-rays, resulting in John's brain tumor not being found until it was too late.

* ALighterShadeOfGrey: Unlike other members in Jigsaw's first assemble from the first movie to ''3D'', it's made clear that while villainous, Amanda is a ''deeply'' troubled person, and demonstrates remorse and emotional instability far too great for a sociopath.

** A FreezeFrameBonus in ''Saw V'' shows a file with Adam's name on it as Strahm goes through the folders of information on Jigsaw's victims. Given that none of the other apprentices ever cooperated with the police at any point and therefore never could have mentioned it, that John never seems to make any particular effort to have his kills acknowledged by law enforcement, and that the bathroom trap's existence seems to be entirely unknown to outsiders (Adam, Zepp, and Xavier's bodies are all still there by the end of ''3D,)'' this would almost certainly mean that Lawrence, who would have been one of the only people aware that Adam was dead, took the risk of getting involved enough with the police to make sure that his death and disappearance would wind up acknowledged.

* SarcasticClapping: He does it (along with sarcastic verbal applause) at the Jigsaw Survivor Group meeting in ''Film/Saw3D'' after Bobby gives a particularly dramatic, self-serving speech to its members.

* ICantLookGesture: As soon as Adam delivers the first blow to Zep's skull, Lawrence immediately puts his head down and looks away.

* AnArmAndALeg: Cuts off his right foot in order to escape at the climax of the first film.
* ApologeticAttacker: He tells Adam he's sorry as he shoots him to save his wife and daughter, and breaks down screaming and crying afterwards.

* BleedEmAndWeep: He was already desperate and near-tears when he picks up the gun to shoot Adam, but the second he pulls the trigger and Adam falls to the floor, he breaks down sobbing and screaming.

* ClusterFBomb: He delivers a litany of them during the climax of the first movie, after having kept himself completely devoid of swearing up until that point.
-->'''Lawrence, trying to attack Zep''': You bastard! I'll fucking kill you! I'll fucking kill you! '''YOU FUCKING BASTARD! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!'''
* DeadpanSnarker: He only seemed to show up to Bobby's meeting to snark at him.

* FatalFamilyPhoto: Notably averted. Gordon shows Adam a picture of his family in the first movie, and yet he is still alive in the seventh one. Considering the series' ludicrously high mortality rate, his survival would be impressive even if he didn't tempt fate with this trope.

* FreakOut: Goes completely nuts when he thinks his family has been killed, leading to him cutting off his foot and shooting Adam.

* MetaphoricallyTrue: In the first film, he says that newspapers dubbing the Jigsaw Killer as such is inaccurate, because technically speaking, he never killed anyone directly; he just puts them in situations where death is very likely. The point is really moot, as almost any jurisdiction would consider putting someone in such a situation to be murder, combined with other possible crimes like kidnapping. ''Saw II'' does at least have the {{Jerkass}} detective Eric call Jigsaw out on this defense: "putting a gun to someone's head and forcing them to pull the trigger is still murder." Plus, that ignores one of the flashbacks to Lawrence's explanation of Jigsaw, in which the latter lures Sing into a booby trap, resulting in his death; this was in turn preceded by a very straightforward attempt to murder Tapp by slashing his throat.
* MrExposition: He serves this purpose in the first film to explain the previous Jigsaw incidents and Tapp's story.

* PetTheDog: WordOfGod confirms that his desire to go back and rescue Adam from where he'd left him in the bathroom trap was entirely genuine, and was only unable to because Amanda had already intervened and killed him herself by the time he was in any sort of position to manage it.

* ThatLiarLies: After being told by his wife that Adam is lying. "Stop the lies! You're a liar!"
* UncertainDoom: His fate was left hanging and never made clear until the seventh film.

* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Goes from being another of John's victims in ''Saw'' to one of his loyal disciples by the time of ''3D''.

* TheSociopath: Averted, unlike other members in Jigsaw's first assemble from the first movie to ''3D''. It's made clear that while villainous, Amanda is a ''deeply'' troubled person, and demonstrates remorse and emotional instability far too great for a sociopath.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Cary Elwes got into a legal dispute with Lionsgate after the first movie over his claim of not being properly compensated for his work, which took some time to get settled out of court. So, before ''3D'', there was many times where Dr. Gordon was referenced but never showed up, and the series had many other cameos from victim characters besides him, and the directors behind the scenes mentioned that Elwes would decline to come back. Eventually he does come BackForTheFinale for ''3D'', which was the original GrandFinale to the series.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: In ''Jigsaw'', Billy has curly hair, glowing red eyes, and appears to be slightly larger than (chronologically) later versions of the puppet. ''Saw X'' brings him closer to his old appearance.

** A version of Billy in ''Jigsaw'' had glowing red eyes, but it appears that John dropped that feature for future puppets after the barn game.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Despite being in John's inner circle, Hoffman is never friendly or devoted to him the way that the other apprentices are.
** John's interactions with Hoffman are never warm (like John's are with Amanda) and Hoffman never seems to forget that they only met and worked together because John kidnapped and blackmailed him. He ultimately chooses to do the games more for his own sadism, rather than believing John's philosophy. Though Hoffman did respect John enough to closely follow John's instructions regarding the games after his death.
** Hoffman and Amanda can barely stand to be around each other. It's implied Amanda was threatened by Hoffman as competition for John's approval and affections (something that Hoffman never seemed to seek out), and Hoffman mostly saw Amanda as a pathetic self-harming junkie. This is probably a major reason why Hoffman sabotages Amanda's game.

* LastNameBasis: He's referred to as Hoffman by almost everyone, and very rarely do people use his first name. One notable time it was used was when John was asking him [[ArmorPiercingQuestion if he likes how brutality feels]].

* UncertainDoom: Whether Hoffman perished from Lawrence imprisoning him is currently left in the air. Although [[invoked]]WordOfGod in ''Saw 3D''[='s=] DVDCommentary indicated he died (and that Gordon removed any means Hoffman could have taken advantage of to free himself, like the toilet lid Eric Matthews used to smash his foot in ''Saw III''), Costas Mandylor was asked to reprise his role, but this was put on hold with changes to developmental plans for future installments in the series. Since the release of ''Spiral'', Darren Lynn Bousman claimed that there are discussions to bring back Hoffman for a later movie. He comes back in ''X'', which is an {{Interquel}}.

* TookALevelInBadass: Over the course of ''Saw VI'', twice, and both at times when it seems like he's going down in defeat.

** This gets exaggerated in ''Saw 3D'' where Hoffman is on the run from police, finds time to set up traps, and performs very complex plans on his own. This culminates with him assaulting a police station and killing over a dozen police officers like he's [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} The Terminator]]. He succeeds without getting meaningfully hurt and only gets captured later by Dr. Gordon. ''3D'' turns from a serial killer trying to keep his head down to a full-on supervillain, like the type seen in action thriller movies.
* UncertainDoom: Whether Hoffman perished from Lawrence imprisoning him is currently left in the air. Although [[invoked]]WordOfGod in ''Saw 3D''[='s=] DVDCommentary indicated he died (and that Gordon removed any means Hoffman could have taken advantage of to free himself, like the toilet lid Eric Matthews used to smash his foot in ''Saw III''), Costas Mandylor was asked to reprise his role, but this was put on hold with changes to developmental plans for future installments in the series. Since the release of ''Spiral'', Darren Lynn Bousman claimed that there are discussions to bring back Hoffman for a later movie. He comes back in X as a prequel.
* VilerNewVillain: While he's not necessarily introduced as such, Hoffman is progressively shown to be a much more immoral and dangerous BigBad than John, as well as later killers and copycats, being one of the very few who directly murders people without using death traps. He eventually becomes an absolute sociopath with his VillainousBreakdown throughout ''Saw 3D''.

* ClingyJealousGirl: A non-romantic version towards John. Amanda is shown feeling threatened when John has someone close to him or expresses affection for him. When John, while delirious during surgery, mistakes Lynn for Jill and says he loves her, Amanda angrily leaves and self-harms. Amanda's dislike of Hoffman is heavily implied to be because she didn't like the competition for John's attention and legacy.

* DramaticUnmask: Does it upon himself in his sudden appearance shortly after the climax of ''3D'', apparently in response to Hoffman's "What the fuck?"

* ClimacticMusic: Zep is more known for the fact that the franchise's climax {{Leitmotif}}, "Hello Zepp", is named after him ([[InconsistentSpelling though his name's spelling is altered]] as a ShoutOut to the band Zapp), rather than his actual role in the first movie. It ended up becoming an ArtifactTitle, as later films stopped giving variations of "Hello Zepp" new names (e.g. "Hello Eric", "Let Go") and just go with "Zepp (the number of the movie)".

* ClimacticMusic: Zep is more known for the fact that the franchise's climax {{Leitmotif}}, "Hello Zepp", is named after him ([[InconsistentSpelling though his name's spelling is altered]] as a ShoutOut to the band Zapp), rather than his actual role in the first movie. It ended up becoming an ArtifactTitle, as later films stopped giving variations of "Hello Zepp" new names (e.g. "Hello Eric", "Let Go") and just go with "Zepp (The number of the movie)".