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* TheDragon: To Wilford
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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:At the beginning of the train's history, the tail section were starving and had to eat each other to survive. He said he even ate a baby once, and tried to do the same with baby Edgar before Gilliam stopped him.]]

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* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:At the beginning of the train's history, the tail section were starving and had to eat each other to survive. He said he even ate a baby once, survive and tried to do some soon learned that babies tasted the same with best. He was about to eat baby Edgar before Gilliam stopped him.]]

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* AmbiguousGender: Mason is referred to with male pronouns as the script was not changed, and Tilda Swinton claims she did not play Mason as a woman and tends to hesitate on the pronouns to use.


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* GenderIsNoObject: Mason was scripted as a man, but casted with a female actor without any change, even being referred to with male pronouns. Tilda Swinton claims she did not play Mason as a woman and tends to hesitate on the pronouns to use.
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->'''Played By:''' Luke Pasqualino

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->'''Played By:''' Luke Pasqualino
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism / BoomerangBigot: According to WordOfGod, Mason used to be a tail-ender who was called to the front as a cleaner, then got noticed by Wilford and rose to the position of minister. In spite of that, she holds nothing but contempt for her former traveling companions that she haughtily admonishes to keep their places.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism / BoomerangBigot: According to WordOfGod, Mason used to be a tail-ender who was called to the front as a cleaner, then got noticed by Wilford and rose to the position of minister. In spite of that, she holds nothing but contempt for her former traveling companions that she haughtily admonishes to [[{{Hypocrite}} keep their places.places]].

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Seems bubbly and cheerful... until she pulls out a gun.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems cheerful and bubbly... until she pulls out a gun.
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* BiTheWay: According to WordOfGod he's had sex with Claude, Mason, the Egg-Head, and The pregnant teacher, although his true love is the Engine.

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* BiTheWay: According to WordOfGod he's had sex with Claude, Mason, the Egg-Head, and The the pregnant teacher, and [[{{Squick}} Mason]] ([[BrainBleach good luck getting that one out of your head]]), although his true love is the Engine.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Saving Edgar (his best friend) or catching Mason (the enemy). [[spoiler:He chooses to capture Mason...and Edgar is killed.]]

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Saving Edgar (his best friend) or catching Mason (the enemy).(whom he can use as a hostage to make the enemy surrender). [[spoiler:He chooses to capture Mason...and Edgar is killed.]]
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Previously an engineer of the Snowpiercer, now a Kronol addicted convict, Namgoong Minsoo sells his technical knowledge for the drug, allowing the group to move forward.

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Previously an engineer of the Snowpiercer, now a Kronol addicted Kronol-addicted convict, Namgoong Minsoo sells his technical knowledge for the drug, allowing the group to move forward.



* EruditeStoner: He's addicted to Kronol and own the world's last pack of cigarettes, yet he's one of the most intelligent and informed of the good guys. [[spoiler:And unlike the others, he actually has a plan that goes beyond "reaching the front section".]]

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* EruditeStoner: He's addicted to Kronol and own owns the world's last pack of cigarettes, yet he's one of the most intelligent and informed of the good guys. [[spoiler:And unlike the others, he actually has a plan that goes beyond "reaching the front section".]]



Yona is Namgoong's Kronol addicted daughter. Her apparent precognition serves to alert the revolutionaries to danger. While always caught in the eye of the storm, Namgoong keeps her out of the action and strives to turn the journey forward into an educational experience for her.

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Yona is Namgoong's Kronol addicted Kronol-addicted daughter. Her apparent precognition serves to alert the revolutionaries to danger. While always caught in the eye of the storm, Namgoong keeps her out of the action and strives to turn the journey forward into an educational experience for her.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He mocks Curtis' desire to amputate himself, and openly talks back to Mason.

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* DeadpanSnarker: He mocks Curtis' Curtis's desire to amputate himself, and openly talks back to Mason.



A young man raised on the train, Edgar is Curtis' most loyal ally.

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A young man raised on the train, Edgar is Curtis' Curtis's most loyal ally.



* KidSidekick: A rather dark example, given Curtis' past with him.

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* KidSidekick: A rather dark example, given Curtis' Curtis's past with him.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems cheerful and bubbly...until she pulls out a gun.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: Seems cheerful and bubbly... until she pulls out a gun.
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* TheQuietOne: Even more so than his brother; his one line of dialogue is inaudible.

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* TheQuietOne: Even more so than his brother; his one line of dialogue is inaudible.muted.

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** NonActionBigBad: He never actually gets his hands dirty, although his utter ruthlessness still makes him a very big threat.



** NonActionBigBad: He never actually gets his hands dirty, although his utter ruthlessness still makes him a very big threat.


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* DepravedBisexual: See above.
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* BiTheWay: According to WordOfGod he's had sex with Claude, Mason, the Egg-Head, and The pregnant teacher, although his true love is the Engine.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: According to WordOfGod, Mason used to be a tail-ender who was called to the front as a cleaner, then got noticed by Wilford and rose to the position of minister.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: AcquiredSituationalNarcissism / BoomerangBigot: According to WordOfGod, Mason used to be a tail-ender who was called to the front as a cleaner, then got noticed by Wilford and rose to the position of minister.minister. In spite of that, she holds nothing but contempt for her former traveling companions that she haughtily admonishes to keep their places.
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* EvilGenius: Wilford built a very impressive train that is supporting all humanity, has withstood [[CoolTrain extreme temperatures]], and has been running non-stop for 18 years!
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* JunkieProphet: Her powers of clairvoyance, which may or may not be related to her Kronol addiction, allow her to know what's behind the train's doors before her father opens them. [[spoiler:They also allow her to discover Timmy hidden below the floor, working on Wilford's engine.]]

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* JunkieProphet: Her powers of clairvoyance, [[InexplicablyAwesome which may or may not be related related]] to her Kronol addiction, allow her to know what's behind the train's doors before her father opens them. [[spoiler:They also allow her to discover Timmy hidden below the floor, working on Wilford's engine.]]
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Her and Timmy are the only characters left alive after the train crash.]]

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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Her [[spoiler:She and Timmy are the only characters left alive after the train crash.]]
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* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Pauses in the midst of the massacre of captured tail-enders to eat one of the boiled eggs himself.

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* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Pauses in the midst of [[spoiler: the massacre of captured tail-enders defeated tail-ender civilians]] to eat one of the boiled eggs himself.
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* TheSnackIsMoreInteresting: Pauses in the midst of the massacre of captured tail-enders to eat one of the boiled eggs himself.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is basically a psychotic version of MargaretThatcher.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: She is basically a psychotic version of MargaretThatcher. Although the jury is still out in many academic circles as to whether or not the real MargaretThatcher was a psychopath, so Swinton's portrayal could be seen as a terrifyingly accurate imitation.
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* {{Badass}}: Easily the most skillful fighter in the group, Grey possessing near-superhuman agility and acts as Curtis' muscle for the latter half of the film.

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* {{Badass}}: Easily the most skillful fighter in the group, Grey possessing near-superhuman agility and accuracy and acts as Curtis' the group's muscle for in the latter half of the film.


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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Shows himself to be freakishly accurate with his signature throwing knives.
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* {{Badass}}: An excellent fighter, presumably taught by Curtis.



* {{Badass}}: Easily the most skillful fighter in the group.

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* {{Badass}}: Easily the most skillful fighter in the group.group, Grey possessing near-superhuman agility and acts as Curtis' muscle for the latter half of the film.
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* NiceHat: As illustred in the image.

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* NiceHat: As illustred illustrated in the image.
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[[caption-width-right:349:''"Have you ever been alone on this train?"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:349:''"Have [[caption-width-right:218:''"Have you ever been alone on this train?"'']]



[[caption-width-right:349:''"Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:349:''"Know [[caption-width-right:212:''"Know your place. Keep your place. Be a shoe."'']]



* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: It's ''really'' satisfying to see Curtis kill her.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: It's ''really'' really satisfying to see Curtis kill her.]]
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* PsychoticManChild: To a T. She reacts to the violent fight with the ax-soldiers with the giddiness of a child watching a play, taking out her opera glasses-night vision goggles to watch it all unfold. Her speeches about knowing one's place lose themselves in strange metaphors which circle back to the cruel oppressive narrative of the train. Then when she's escorted into the classroom, she starts singing the propaganda songs along with all the children.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Her polite rambling attempts at breaking villain speeches are meant to mock and demoralize.


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* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:During his final fight he's been beaten and stabbed twice, and while he's still tough, he's moving considerably slower than back when he confronted the heroes at the sauna.]]


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* SpannerInTheWorks: His appearance [[spoiler:is what ends up crushing the rebellion when the soldiers regain weapons]].
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* BaitTheDog: He's introduced as a strange man giving out eggs to everyone, much like the man who produces the protein bars, an eccentric doing their job in the face of all the craziness. He gives out eggs to children, the rebels, and even the workers doing their part in gardening. When he get's to the tail end passengers he starts giving out eggs [[spoiler:before revealing that bullets aren't extinct, gunning down several rebels including the painter, and then freeing and arming the captured soldiers]].
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* TheLostLenore: In a subtle way. The Inuit woman who lead the Frozen Seven is implied to be Yona's mother in the film, and confirmed to be by WordOfGod, and she appears to be a large part of what inspired [[spoiler:his quest to leave the train.]]
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* AmbiguousGender: Mason is referred to with male pronouns as the script was not changed, and Tilda Swinton claims she did not play Mason as a woman and tends to hesitate on the pronouns to use.

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* [[spoiler: DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans]]

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