History Characters / Thanksgiving2023

* TheGrinch: He hates Thanksgiving and 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 upon those he holds responsible

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Surprisingly averted. When he notices Manny's cat after killing him, he actually feeds it and even gently scratches its head before departing with its owner's head.

** 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 the guy who would be in the turkey costume 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).

** He clearly has no regard for human life, but he seems to be against animal cruelty, if his PetTheDog moment with Manny's cat is any indication.

** After [[spoiler:Yulia's death, Jessica proposes a plan that she, Thomas, her friends ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Kathleen]]) all come out as bait in the Thanksgiving 2023 parade to lure out the Carver who is targeting them. The Carver had planned ahead of Jessica and uses a different costume (as a clown), colored smoke bombs to disorient the cops and a tranquilizer to sedate and abduct ''all'' of Jessica's group when they all stupidly grouped into the same police car just because a confused panicking deputy ordered them to do so]].

* {{Greed}}: Cares so much for money that she's willing to let innocent people be slaughtered in her store if it means Black Friday sales will be bigger as she believes she can just erase the footage and get away with it. [[IgnoredAesop She learns nothing a year later]] when she tries arguing with Thomas for deciding the store will be closed on Thanksgiving when the Carver's killing spree arises.

* AttentionWhore: He's an obnoxious clout chaser who recorded the riot on his phone for online fame.

* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: He exposes his own identity as Sheriff Eric Newlon when Jessica secretly takes out the phone he was using for the "dinner" livestream and records him during his MotiveRant, putting him on livestream.

* 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]].

* 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.

** 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), 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 due 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 more sympathetic).

* EvilWearsBlack: The killer wears a black pilgrim outfit and is evil as suggested.

* 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.

![=RightMart=] Victims
[[folder:Amanda]]
!!Amanda Collins
!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GinaGershon

* DirtyCoward: Downplayed. [[spoiler:While in the Carver's house, she finds Amy stuffed in a plastic bag in the fridge and Amy begs her for help. Kathleen couldn't risk doing so because freeing Amy from her bag could take too long and make too much sound to evade the Carver, only locking Amy back in the fridge instead. Kathleen still fails to escape the Carver anyways.]]

** Newlon is put more in the wrong due to the wavering levels of hineousness 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), 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 due 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 more sympathetic).

* CoolMask: He wears over a black balaclava a plastic mask of the founder of Plymouth, John Carver, who is infamous in-universe as promotional material suggests that he was a serial killer himself.

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

* TheAtoner: After the riot, he devotes part of his time to donating to public institutions in the town and starts a foundation to give money to kids going to college. He also apologizes to Jessica for pushing her away with his workaholic behavior and later cancels the Black Friday sale for [=RightMart] after [[spoiler:Yulia's death]].

* GeniusBruiser: He's a brutal serial killer who able to sneak about his surroundings and get the jump on his victims. He also shows strong tactical sense, as he was able to systematically plan his murder spree and he's smart enough to taunt Jessica and her friends via social media while still being able to cover his tracks.

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* TrampledUnderfoot: He was killed when the crowd pushed the door out of its frame and on top of him, leaving him crushed to death as they stormed in.

* TheAtoner: After the riot, he devotes part of his time to donating to public institutions in the town and starts a foundation to give money to kids going to college. He also apologizes to Jessica for pushing her away with his workaholic behavior and later cancels the Black Friday sale for RightMart after Yulia's death.
* FamilialCannibalismSurprise: The Carver [[spoiler:cooks Kathleen alive]] and attempts to force Thomas to eat [[spoiler:a slice of her leg flesh]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:While Kathleen is a selfish bitch who deleted video footage of the riot to keep the store from getting hit with lawsuits and bad publicity. But even she is still horrified when she comes across other victims of the Carver.]]

* NeverMyFault: She throws blame to Jessica for sneaking into the store with her friends, unintentionally stirring up the crowd, only for Jessica to call her out for her own contributions to the riot.

* ChekhovsSkill: His throwing arm was fucked up after someone broke it by stepping on it. However, rehab was able to help him recover from this, and the end of the film shows that he still can throw a mean fastball, [[spoiler:which he uses to knock out the Carver, aka Eric Newlon, to save Jessica]].

* LovableJock: Stops being a jock after his arm is broken during the riot and leaves the town for a year to work with his uncle, but it doesn't make him any less of a good guy.
* MyGreatestFailure:
* RedHerring: A huge one: he disappears for a year after the riot, he's never around during the killings, [[spoiler:and is seen unmasked wearing the killer's outfit by Jessica]]...
** TheScapegoat: ...[[spoiler:But it turns out that he was drugged and placed in the costume by the real killer, Sheriff Newlon, and comes back to save Jessica]].
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: Sheriff Newlon, the Carver himself, traq-ed him, dressed him up in a spare Carver costume, and was going to put the blame on him for the killings, but Bobby woke up too early, knocked out Newlon, and escaped. Bobby then returns to knock out Newlon and help escape the killer with Jessica]].

* AintTooProudToBeg: He's left screaming for help and sobbing loudly as Carver pins his head to the dinner table and smashes his head open while livestreaming it.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoining: After the Carver kills him on livestream, everyone tied up at the table are horrified, but the commenters on the livestream eat it up.
* AssholeVictim: He's easily the least sympathetic out of Jessica's friend group. He not only thinks it's a great idea to rile up a crowd of angry customers by taunting them, but once the riot begins, cares way more about capturing it on film so that he can upload it to the Internet for clicks rather than actually try and help. Even a year after the events, he feels no remorse about indirectly causing the deaths of three people, and doesn't seem to understand why his friends were mad at him for posting the video online. On top of this, he's an all-around antagonistic asshole who insults people without provocation, and even has a younger student do his homework for him… but refuses to pay him what he's due. It's not terribly surprising, or even that upsetting, when The Carver bashes his brains in.

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

* RevolversAreBetter: He uses a large, stainless steel revolver as a sidearm.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: He trashes John Carver's house and steals an antique, bearded axe that he uses as his main weapon of choice

* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Holy,''shit''. He decorates a table for Thanksgiving, places the corpses or body parts of his victims at the table, and when he has captured the remaining victims, he starts mockingly starts serving a "dinner" of wine (blood) from a dead cheerleader named Amy, Evan's brains as cranberry sauce, and the pièce de résistance, the body of Kathleen, who was roasted alive, beheaded, and gets a piece of her leg cut out for Thomas to eat against his will.

* KillerCop: Uses his resources to enact murderous vengeance on several people including his subordinates who didn’t have anything to to with the riot.

* YouHaveFailedMe: The Carver offs Manny for failing to protect his wife due to his cowardice when handling the Black Friday Riot.

* AssholeVictim: While he's this to a lesser extent than others, he was revealed to have been illegally selling prescription drugs to high schoolers. He tried offering Xanax to his co-worker Manny right before the Black Friday riot, but it's unknown if it's to get Manny hooked on it for profit or just to calm him (though given the bedlam of the waiting crowd, it likely was the latter).

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:While evil is overstating it, Kathleen is a selfish bitch who deleted video footage of the riot to keep the store from getting hit with lawsuits and bad publicity. But even she is still horrified when she comes across other victims of the Carver.]]

* CareerEndingInjury: Bobby's broken hand is described as this word for word given that he had a promising future as a baseball pitcher. He mentions that physical therapy might eventually return him to form although it's never elaborated upon.

* DirtyCop: Uses his resources to enact murderous vengeance on several people including his subordinates who didn’t have anything to to with the riot.

* BadInfluencer: His first instinct when the riot breaks out is to start filming it, seeing it as a gateway to online fame, even when it becomes extremely violent and people ''die''. He's also confused when his friends get angry with him for posting the video online.

* TokenEvilTeammate: He is the only member of the friend group who shows absolutely ''no'' remorse for his role in the riot, and to even seem baffled by their anger with him.

* DeathByCameo: Creator/GretaGershon dies in the opening minutes.

* AssholeVictim: It turns out she was the one who [[spoiler:deleted the video footage of the riot to keep her company from being hit with lawsuits]]. It amounts to AllForNothing since there were [[spoiler:witnesses who recorded the riot with their own phones, and later on Jessica found the store's video footage anyways and unknowingly revealed it to the Carver.]]

** When she finds the store footage of the riot that [[spoiler: Kathleen tried to erase, she unknowingly revealed it to the Carver increasing the number of people he chose to "bring" to his table for dinner]].

* AssholeVictim: It turns out she was the one who [[spoiler:deleted the video footage of the riot to keep her company from being hit with lawsuits]]. It amounts to AllForNothing since there were [[spoiler: witnesses who recorded the riot with their own phones and later on Jessica found the store's video footage anyways and unknowingly revealed it to the Carver.]]

* DirtyCoward: Downplayed. [[spoiler: While in the Carver's house, she finds Amy stuffed in a plastic bag in the fridge and Amy begs her for help. Kathleen couldn't risk doing so because freeing Amy from her bag could take too long and make too much sound to evade the Carver, only locking Amy back in the fridge instead. Kathleen still fails to escape the Carver anyways.]]

!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AmandaBarker

* ChekhovsGunman: Appropriately. [[spoiler: Ironically, though, it's not his gun that saves the day, but his father's ring.]]

* 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.]]

* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:When Eric is revealed to be The Carver and the audience is shown more of his murder board, by the images of Amanda is an ultrasound, showing she was pregnant with his child when she died.]]
* TheLostLenore: One of the victims of the [=RightMart=] Riot, her [[PlotTriggeringDeath death was the catalyst]] for The Carver's own murder spree.

* AssholeVictim: While he's this to a lesser extent than others, he was revealed to have been illegally selling prescription drugs to high schoolers. He tried offering Xanax to his co-worker Manny right before the Black Friday riot but it's unknown if it's to get Manny hooked on it for profit or just to calm him.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She admits that she shouldn't have allowed her friends to enter the store early through the employee entrance that angered the impatient crowd outside making them break down the doors leading to the Black Friday riot.

* AssholeVictim: It turns out she was the one who [[spoiler:deleted the video footage of the riot to keep her company from being hit with lawsuits]].

* SpoiledSweet: She comes from a well-off family who owns one of the biggest stores in town, but she remains a well-meaning person who cares about others.

* WickedStepmother: To Jessica. It's clear the two don't like each other, which intensifies when [[spoiler:Jessica finds out Kathleen deleted the security footage of the riot. Though despite this trope, Jessica's still horrified when sees what the Carver did to Kathleen.]]

* AssholeVictim: Easily the least sympathetic out of Jessica's friend group. He not only thinks it is a great idea to rile up a crowd of angry customers by taunting them, but once the riot begins, cares way more about capturing it on film so that he can upload it to the Internet for clicks rather than actually try and help. Even a year after the events, he feels no remorse about indirectly causing the deaths of three people, and doesn't seem to understand why his friends were mad at him for posting the video online. On top of this, he's an all-around antagonistic asshole who insults people without provocation, and even has a younger student do his homework for him… but refuses to pay him what he's due. It's not terribly surprising, or even that upsetting, when The Carver bashes his brains in.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed. Despite that he’s no saint, Evan does care about his friends.

* EarAche: Part of the Carver's attack on her involved him shoving cornholders in both ears, leaving her with at least temporary hearing loss even before she was killed with a buzzsaw.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He takes the time to gently reassure Jessica while asking her to give him any evidence she has about the Black Friday riot, and he's quite competent at leading the manhunt for the Carver.

* EveryoneHasStandards: She makes it clear that she doesn't like her stepmother Kathleen (and for good reason). [[spoiler: However, she didn't want her dead and was just as horrified as everyone else when the Carver serves her cooked corpse on the table.]]

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: She has a big one when she figures out that Newlon is the Carver.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Kathleen is not only shoved alive into an oven and burned to death, but her cooked corpse is decapitated, desecrated to look like a Thanksgiving turkey, then presented to her family.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:While evil is overstating it, Kathleen is a selfish asshole who deleted video footage of the riot to keep the store from getting hit with lawsuits and bad publicity. But even she is still horrified when she comes across other victims of the Carver.]]

* DoggedNiceGuy: He's introduced offering to guide Jessica through the crowd outside [=RightMart=] on Black Friday, and is implied to have encouraged her to hang out with him and his clique despite her being with Bobby at the time. His niceness pays off, because he starts dating Jessica in the interim when she and Bobby have broken up following the massacre.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of Jessica's friends (with the possible exception of Yulia) are exactly jazzed up about him when the two start dating, with Evan outright calling him "an NPC".

* AssholeVictim: Easily the least sympathetic out of Jessica's friend group. He not only thinks it is a great idea to rile up a crowd of angry customers by taunting them, but once the riot begins, cares way more about capturing it on film so that he can upload it to the internet for clicks rather than actually try and help. Even a year after the events, he feels no remorse about indirectly causing the deaths of three people, and doesn't seem to understand why his friends were mad at him for posting the video online. On top of this, he's an all-around antagonistic asshole who insults people without provocation, and even has a younger student do his homework for him… but refuses to pay him what he's due. It's not terribly surprising, or even that upsetting, when The Carver bashes his brains in.

* 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 [[TheFriendNobodyLikes aren't that fond of him]].

* MauveShirt: Gaby's not as central to the events of the plot as several of the other friend group, mostly serving as Evan's girlfriend. [[spoiler:Which makes it all the more surprising when she survives the events of the movie.]]

* SpoiledBrat: Zigzagged, as she comes from a wealthy family, argues with her dad and wants to go shopping on Black Friday without waiting in line but is nice to her friends and defends Ryan when he's brought up as a suspect.

* VengefulWidow: He seeks to end all Black Friday sales at [=RightMart=] angry that his wife Amanda was killed the year before. The fact [[spoiler:Kathleen]] erased the security footage to haphazardly salvage [=RightMart=]'s reputation only aggravates him further.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: None of Jessica's friends are exactly jazzed up about him when the two start dating, with Evan outright calling him "an NPC".

* 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 and Yulia were clinging onto dear life trying not to get trampled even ignoring Jessica's pleas to guard her.

* NiceGuy: He is shown to be a loving husband to Amanda and a kind man overall. [[spoiler: The Carver (Newlon) believed Amanda was exploiting his generosity for all it was worth]].
* VengefulWidow: He seeks to end all Black Friday sales at [=RightMart=] angry that his wife Amanda was killed the year before; the fact [[spoiler:Kathleen Wright]] erased the security footage to haphazardly salvage [=RightMart=]'s reputation only aggravates him further.