History Characters / Thanksgiving2023

* PetTheDog: Despite being a vengeful SerialKiller, The Carver takes some time to feed one of his victim's cat and even scratches its head before leaving.

A short-tempered and rude waitress at Capotain Diner.

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Most of the Carver's victims are this on his social media page, but she in particular gets a second one, as her lower half in put on [=RightMart's=] sign as a twisted play on the store's 50% off sale.

* {{Hypocrite}}: While he is mad at Evan for being a self-serving bully, Lonnie proves to be not so different given he stole Newlon's bullhorn asking the crowd to storm the store right away causing Doug to be trampled to death and Amanda getting killed by being knocked to the floor and rammed with a cart. Also while he himself is mad about Evan punching him in the eye, Lonnie threatened to put Manny (a security guard for the store) in the hospital for daring to tell him to be "[[DoubleMeaning patient]]".

-->'''Sheriff Newlon''': "JESSICA!!! SORRY, JESSICA!! This year!! There will be... NO LEFTOVERS!!! WHEN I TOLD YOUR STEPMOTHER, SHE WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT DINNER... THAT!!! WAS NOT!! A LIE!!!"

* DisproportionateRetribution: Newlon seeks revenge for the death of his lover and their unborn child, but his targets never intended for the deaths to happen. Moreover, Newton is put more in the wrong due to the wavering levels of heinousness of his victims/targets: some are more responsible for serious crimes (Lizzie was the one who killed Amanda and her and Newlon's unborn child, Lonnie stole a megaphone and lied that the store was opened, starting the riot, Evan mocked the rioters, stirring up their rage, Manny, a ''security guard'', abandoned his position out of cowardice, and Kathleen erased store footage featuring the rioters to avoid lawsuits, which interfered with the police investigation of the riot and prevented any of the perpetrators from getting arrested), others did bad things, not actions deserving of death (Amy, Lonnie's girlfriend, knocked Amanda to the ground during the riot and Lionel, the turkey costume parader stole a waffle iron from a dying man; the Carver stabs Amy, kidnaps her, and keeps her alive long enough to cut her jugular with a corkscrew and serve her blood as wine for a sick joke and decapitates the turkey guy during the parade scene with his axe), but others are blamed for circumstances beyond their control (Jessica and her friends, save for Evan, were just there at the store prematurely and didn't actively try to piss anyone off and there was no indication that Thomas knew that opening the store early, thanks to Kathleen egging him to do so, would lead to such chaos; Thomas trying to do good for the community afterwards and eventually canceling next year's Black Friday sale makes him even more sympathetic).

* DisproportionateRetribution: Newlon seeks revenge for the death of his lover and their unborn child, but his targets never intended for the deaths to happen.
** Newlon is put more in the wrong due to the wavering levels of heinousness of his victims/targets: some are more responsible for serious crimes (Lizzie was the one who killed Amanda and her and Newlon's unborn child, Lonnie stole a megaphone and lied that the store was opened, starting the riot, Evan mocked the rioters, stirring up their rage, Manny, a ''security guard'', abandoned his position out of cowardice, and Kathleen erased store footage featuring the rioters to avoid lawsuits, which interfered with the police investigation of the riot and prevented any of the perpetrators from getting arrested), others did bad things, not actions deserving of death (Amy, Lonnie's girlfriend, knocked Amanda to the ground during the riot and Lionel, the turkey costume parader stole a waffle iron from a dying man; the Carver stabs Amy, kidnaps her, and keeps her alive long enough to cut her jugular with a corkscrew and serve her blood as wine for a sick joke and decapitates the turkey guy during the parade scene with his axe), but others are blamed for circumstances beyond their control (Jessica and her friends, save for Evan, were just there at the store prematurely and didn't actively try to piss anyone off and there was no indication that Thomas knew that opening the store early, thanks to Kathleen egging him to do so, would lead to such chaos; Thomas trying to do good for the community afterwards and eventually canceling next year's Black Friday sale makes him even more sympathetic).

* {{Metalhead}}: [=McCarty=] is this in ''spades''.

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[[folder:Lonnie & Amy]]
The football quarterback for Hanover (Lonnie) and his cheerleader girlfriend (Amy).
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: Amy gets it pretty badly this way during her trampoline striptease, as she lands feet first onto a knife The Carver sticks through the trampoline. It's better than how the cheerleader in the joke trailer [[GroinAttack got it]], but not by much.
* AssholeVictim: Lonnie is the one who stole Newlon's bullhorn and told the crowd to storm [=RightMart=] ("Hey! Store's open, everyone!") and skip the 10-minute wait and knock down the doors leading to the deaths of Doug, Amanda (whom Amy knocked down to the floor) and at least one other person while getting Bobby's arm broken in the process. [[spoiler: The Carver slaughters them both after [[UnwittingPawn Jessica]] unknowingly showed him footage of Lonnie and Amy grabbing a large-screen TV, a waffle iron and more]].
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: The Carver keeps Amy alive long enough to finish her off at the table like this, using a corkscrew on her neck to use her blood as wine.

* MsFanservice: Amy assumes the role of the cheerleader from the Grindhouse short film, but she's a lesser version of this as Amy does not go topless like the latter did.

* NotSoAboveItAll: While Lonnie is mad at Evan for being a self-serving bully, Lonnie proves to be not so different given he stole Newlon's bullhorn asking the crowd to storm the store right away causing Doug to be trampled to death and Amanda getting killed by being knocked to the floor and rammed with a cart. Also while he himself is mad about Evan punching him in the eye, Lonnie threatened to put Manny (a security guard for the store) in the hospital for daring to tell him to be "[[DoubleMeaning patient]]".

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Amy begs this to [[spoiler:Kathleen as she was stuffed in a bag into a fridge by the Carver but there was nothing Kathleen could have done for her and locks Amy back up - only to get caught by the Carver anyway as Amy's blood spilled onto Kathleen's feet. Ironically, Amy could've had a better chance of survival if she didn't grab Kathleen's arm begging her for rescue]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Despite being no saint, Evan does care slightly about his friends.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Really, one has to wonder why Jessica and the others still hang around, let alone even interact, with this guy given how much of a [[{{Jerkass}} colossal douchebag]] he is. Though in fairness, they make it ''very'' clear that they, besides Gaby, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes aren't that fond of him]].

* MoralMyopia:
** He wants revenge for the deaths of his loved ones, but Newlon put only the most minimal of efforts when dealing with the original rioting mob (although it's justified: he called for back-up immediately, but before they arrived he was hit by the mob's blunt force, knocking him out and disorienting him for a while. The fact that there are only the three victims shown while he was out of commission implies that he was actually able to contain the situation afterwards).
** He seemingly prioritizes subduing those who aren't on his kill list, but come the parade he clearly doesn't care about potential casualties after he beheads Lionel. The chaos he instigates to get to his other victims and cover his tracks results in an innocent man getting killed in front of his granddaughters.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Amy begs this to [[spoiler:Kathleen as she was stuffed in a bag into a fridge by the Carver but there was nothing Kathleen could have done for her and locks Amy back up - only to get caught by the Carver anyway as Amy's blood spilled onto Kathleen's feet]].

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Right after Jessica gave [[spoiler:Newlon all the info he needed on the rioters, he tries to kill her at her school. He then tries it again after "dinner" at the police station where he reveals he was the Carver this whole time angry at Jessica for both Amanda and his baby's deaths]].

* GaveUpTooSoon: When unmasked, he goes after Jessica and Bobby with a fire axe, hacking away at costume racks, just stopping at the one the kids happened to be behind of.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: He acts all cheerful playing a turkey at the parade shouting "Happy Thanksgiving!" non-stop, but really only loves the holiday for his own selfish wants, seeing he was part of the mob that stormed in and rammed his cart into Amanda.

* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: [[spoiler:After the Carver kills him on livestream. Everyone tied up at the table are horrified, but the commenters on the livestream eat it up]].

* TheSociopath: He took immense pleasure in recording and watching the [=RightMart=] riot (where he also contributed by kicking down a customer over a waffle iron box he was guarding for himself) while his friends Jessica, Gaby, and Yulia were clinging onto dear life trying not to get trampled even ignoring Jessica's pleas to guard her.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Really, one has to wonder why Jessica and the others still hang around, let alone even interact, with this guy considering how much of a [[{{Jerkass}} colossal douchebag]] he is. To be fair though, they make it ''very'' clear that they, besides Gaby, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes aren't that fond of him]].

* GuttedLikeAFish: [[spoiler:She's killed when the Carver throws her onto a table saw: which cuts off some of her fingers when she tries to save herself, ultimately disemboweling her and throwing blood everywhere]].

* PoliceAreUseless: At first. He's completely ineffective in quelling the riot, and resorts to firing his gun in the air to try and get the crowd's attention. Otherwise, this is {{averted|trope}} as he takes good, strong measures in trying to catch the Carver, supplying police protection towards his intended victims and coordinating security during the Thanksgiving parade, concealing a sting operation to trap him.

* HumanResources: Invoked for horror; his Thanksgiving dinner with his remaining living victims has him opening the throat of a cheerleader he kept live after stabbing her with a corkscrew and serving her blood as wine, bashing Evan's head into a pulp on live and then serving up his brains as a sauce, and then cutting a slice of leg flesh from Kathleen, who he cooked alive in an industrial oven, and trying to force Thomas to eat it.

* VillainousBreakdown: After Jessica tricks him into exposing his identity on his own livestream and she escapes with Bobby, who momentarily manages to knock him out with a fastball to the head, he grabs a fire axe and starts overdramatically screaming and ranting at the two kids, like a '80s horror movie villain.

* ArmsDealer: Regularly sells guns to the people of Plymouth. At the party he's throwing, he shows Scuba and Jessica his wares. Also a downplayed trope, since he only starts making the offer ''after'' the Carver has made his first kill and threatened the kids, and when the threat becomes serious he lends the weapons for free instead of selling them.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: He acts all cheerful playing a turkey at the parade shouting "Happy Thanksgiving!" non-stop but really he only loves the holiday for his own selfish wants seeing he was part of the mob that stormed in and rammed his cart into Amanda.

* MayDecemberRomance: Evan badmouths Lonnie is 30 years old and is dating a teenage cheerleader.
* MsFanservice: Amy assumes the role of the cheerleader from the Grindhouse short film, but she's a lesser version of this as Amy does not go topless like did the latter.
* NeckSnap: How Lonnie goes out.

* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: While Amanda's age is never specified in the film, she's played by the 61-year-old Gina Gershon [[spoiler:and Newlon's MotiveRant reveals that she was pregnant when she died.]]

* InformedAttribute: He's apparently infamous around town for being a {{Jerkass}}, but outside of his introductory scene, he's generally professional and not particularly mean-spirited.

* ManOnFire: Jessica seemly immolates him by blowing up a giant inflatable turkey. Jess later has a nightmare of Newlon attacking her while on fire.

-->"This year, there will be no leftovers!"

* AxCrazy: Dear God, is he. Amanda's death drove him completely over the edge to the point of carrying out brutal killings and decorating a fake Thanksgiving table with the corpses and serving up "food" out of people's blood, brains, and flesh.

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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: He acts all cheerful shouting "Happy Thanksgiving!" non-stop but really he only loves the holiday for his own selfish wants seeing he was part of the mob that stormed in and rammed his cart into Amanda.

* SymbolicMutation: The Carver completely cleaves off Lionel's head (with the turkey costume head attached) with an axe.

A parader who dresses up as a turkey for the Plymouth's Thanksgiving parade every year.

* AssholeVictim: In the 2022 Black Friday riot, he was the one who killed Amanda by ramming his cart into her skull
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: He acts all cheerful shouting "Happy Thanksgiving!" non-stop but footage of the [=RightMart=] riot shows he only loves the holiday for his own selfish wants seeing he was part of the mob that stormed in and took a free waffle iron.

* TheGrinch: He hates Thanksgiving for its ensuing commercialism on Black Friday for taking Amanda and her unborn child away from him, and sets out to destroy both holidays (conflated as just one now in Plymouth) as a form of revenge by conducting a killing spree hoping that his murders and shockingly graphic dinner will leave a ruinous enough legacy of Thanksgiving to dissuade the country from celebrating it as a time for feasting or shopping.

* AssholeVictim: One of the most vocal [=RightMart=] rioters and an unpleasant jerk even a year later before The Carver takes her out. Befitting that she is the first kill since she was the one who inadvertently slammed her cart into Amanda's skull and scalped her resulting the death of her and [[spoiler: her (and Newlon's) unborn child.]]

!Residents of Hanover
[[folder:Lonnie & Amy]]
The football quarterback for Hanover (Lonnie) and his cheerleader girlfriend (Amy).

* CarFu: Or rather, ''Cart'' Fu. She died when a speeding shopping cart driven by Lizzie on Black Friday rammed into her skull, killing Amanda before she was scalped.