History Characters / Slither

* ActionGirl: Starla is able to hold her own against the alien-zombie hordes just as good as rest of the sheriff's department.

%%* ActionSurvivor
* BigSisterInstinct: Even with approaching slugs she lingers to break down a locked door in a failed effort to help her sisters.
* BreakTheCutie: While it's not delved into as much as Starla's heartbreak, Kylie '''really''' gets put through the wringer [[FridgeHorror in hindsight.]] Getting chased and attacked by an unidentified homicidal alien [[spoiler:and it flashing apocalyptic visions of the worlds it conquered and the women it tried to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil impregnate]] (one of them being [[BrainBleach your teacher)]] and watching your family turn into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie brainless, cannibalistic monsters who chase you down to eat you]]]] [[spoiler: [[FauxAffablyEvil while pretending to be your loving family]]]] is traumatizing for '''anyone''', '''especially''' a teenage girl.
* MadeOfIron: During the final confrontation, Grant throws a ''couch'' at her apparently sandwiching her between that and the wall with violence. And yet, she comes out of it unharmed, only holding her right arm which then works fine.
* MentalFusion: When she inadvertently bites down on one of Grant's slugs while it's trying to worm inside her, she's given a glimpse of his past conquests and his plans for Earth.

* NiceGirl: Her establishing character moment has her smacking a classmate she sees drawing an offensive, nude picture of Starla.

-->[[spoiler: (''Starla decapitates an alien-zombie who was chasing the gang down with a shovel'')]] '''[=MacReady=]''': Bitch is hardcore!

* MeaningfulName: The name "Starla" is an amalgamation of "Star" and "Carla". Later on in the movie, we learn that Starla had huge dreams of becoming a famous movie star ([[AccidentalPun get it?]]) and planned to run away [[spoiler: but not before asking Bill to come with her to be her bodyguard]], hence the "star" portion of her name. Whereas in German the name "Carla" means "free woman" or "warrior". [[spoiler: both which Starla reluctantly becomes.]]

-->'''[=McReady=]''': "Where is the Mr. Pibb? I told your secretary to pack Mr. Pibb. It's the only Coke I like. Goddamn Brenda exploding like a water balloon, worms driving my friends around like they're goddamn skin-cars, people are spitting acid at me, turning you into cottage cheese, ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and now there's no fucking goddamn Mr. Pibb]]''!"

* BreakTheCutie: While it's not delved into as much as Starla's heartbreak, Kylie '''really''' gets put through the wringer [[FridgeHorror in hindsight.]] Getting chased and attacked by an unidentified homicidal alien [[spoiler: and it flashing apocalyptic visions of the worlds it conquered and the women it tried to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil impregnate]] (one of them being [[BrainBleach your teacher)]] and watching your family turn into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie brainless, cannibalistic monsters who chase you down to eat you]]]] [[spoiler: [[FauxAffablyEvil while pretending to be your loving family]]]] is traumatizing for '''anyone''', '''especially''' a teenage girl.

-> '''Played By:''' Tom Heaton

-> '''Played By:''' Ben Cotton

-->'''Long One''': "I'll keep growing till I'm everywhere, till I'm ''all'' that is!"

* {{Even Evil Has Loved Ones}}: Despite being a Omnicidal Maniac, he slowly starts to care about Starla and even fell in love with her and resists the urge to infect her like he did with the others. When she is about to shoot the gas tank that is brought over to him by Bill, he doesn't snarl at her or even try to attack her, instead just looking at her with a sad look on his face as she does it.

* TentacledTerror

%%* {{Jerkass}}

-->''"I'll keep growing till I'm everywhere. 'Till I'm all that is."''

* NonMaliciousMonster: It's implied that it has never encountered anything with the emotional range and mind of humanity, and, while horrifying, is simply fulfilling it's species natural instincts, only coming across as an OmincidalManiac ''because'' it now has enough sentience to describe and know what said instincts are.

-> ''Played By:''' Tom Heaton

* EveryoneHasStandards: Stays [[SeductionProofMarriage faithful to his marriage]] despite being drunk and frustrated at how much of a SexlessMarriage it's been lately. He's also visibly disturbed when Brenda tells him that she would have been "game" if he'd paid any attention her back when he was courting Starla...[[FilleFatale back when she was ten years old or so]].

* SirSwearsALot: Al of his scenes contain a lot of swearing.

-->[[spoiler: (''Starla decapitates an alien-zombie who was chasing the gang down with a shovel'')]] '''[=MacReady=]''': Bitch is hardcore

* TooDumbToLive: He decides to poke some weird looking animal that lets out a threatening clicking noise. Justified, as he was drunk at the moment and not in the right state of mind.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: A charming, kind-hearted, well-mannered and loving wife and woman in general, but don't let that fool you. If you're an alien-zombie trying to eat/infect her friends or any other person, Starla will throw that aside to take you out.

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:She's a lesbian, and dies. To be fair, pretty much everyone but Bill, Starla and Kylie die and she's lasts longer than the other deputies.]]

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Before moving on to humans, the alien kidnaps and kills the town's pet dogs, cats, farm animals and some wild ones.

* {{Even Evil Has Loved Ones}}: Despite being a Omicidal Maniac he slowly starts to care about Starla and even fell in love with her and even resist the urge to infect her like he did with the others and when she is about to shoot the gas tank that is brought over to him by Bill he doesen't snarl at her or even tries to attack her just looking at her with a sad look on his face as she does it.

* ParasitesAreEvil: When it merges with Grant Grant's mind at the beginning of the story, the resulting monster not only murders pets across the town for their meat, violently impregnates Brenda and infests just about everyone in town with the brain slugs, but also demonstrates the very worst of Grant's attitude problems: jealousy, controlling tendencies, and a vicious temper.

* BreakTheCutie: While it's not delved into as much as Starla's heartbreak, Kylie '''really''' gets put through the wringer [[FridgeHorror in hindsight.]] Getting chased and attacked by an unidentified homicidal alien [[spoiler: and it flashing apocalyptic visions of the worlds it conquered and the women it tried to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil impregnate]] [[spoiler: (one of them being [[BrainBleach your teacher)]] and watching your family turn into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie brainless, cannibalistic monsters who chase you down to eat you]]]] [[spoiler: [[FauxAffablyEvil while pretending to be your loving family]]]] is traumatizing for '''anyone''', '''especially''' a teenage girl.

* BreakTheCutie: While it's not delved into as much as Starla's heartbreak, Kylie '''really''' gets put through the wringer [[FridgeHorror in hindsight.]] Getting chased and attacked by an unidentified homicidal alien [[spoiler: and it flashing apocalyptic visions of the worlds it conquered and the women it tried to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil impregnate]] [[spoiler: (one of them being [[BrainBleach your teacher)]] and [[spoiler: watching your family turn into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie brainless, cannibalistic monsters who chase you down to eat you]]]] [[spoiler: [[FauxAffablyEvil while pretending to be your loving family]]]] is traumatizing for '''anyone''', '''especially''' a teenage girl.