History Characters / TheCabinInTheWoods

* TeamMom: Her original role, considering her disapproval with Dana's affair with a professor. Unfortunately, the Controllers already have already started altering her into a DumbBlonde MsFanservice by the time the film starts, so only hints of this appear.

* ShipTease: Him and Dana are interested in each other, but the horrors really begins right as they're starting to make out.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: He hesitates a bit when he finds out that he can see through Dana's mirror, but ultimately warns her before she actually gets her clothes off.

[[folder:The Ancient Ones]]
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* AllegoricalCharacter: They're an obvious metaphor for the audience of horror films. They're entertained by the suffering of the people they watch and consider most of their survival unacceptable.
* CreatureOfHabit: They demand the same scenario every time to be appeased. If they don't get it, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ensues.
* DevilButNoGod: They are the only divine beings shown; there is apparently no good force capable of preventing them from causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if they choose to do so.
* GreaterScopeVillain: It's their fault that the Organization has to sacrifice young people for the sake of their desires and appeal to prevent the end of the world.
* MonstrousHumanoid: The only thing we see of them is a giant human right arm, much bigger than the titular cabin, with dark skin and [[VolcanicVeins veins reminiscent of lava]].
* OutsideContextVillain: The Organization, Dana and Marty, and the audience either know about them from the beginning or eventually learn about them before they strike, but to all the others who thwarted their own rituals, they defeated some unspeakable evil, only to be suddenly killed out of nowhere by some unmentioned even ''bigger'' unspeakable evil.
* PsychopathicManchild: The Controllers have to do exactly what they want how they want it, and if they don't, they'll require lots of blood, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt or else they get it themselves]].
* WalkingSpoiler: More so than any other character in the film, including the Controllers and even the Director, the very existence of the Ancient Ones is a major twist not so much as hinted at until halfway into the film, but they turn out to be central to both the film's plot and its satire of the horror genre.
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[[folder: The College Kids]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KristenConnolly

->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChrisHemsworth

->'''Played by:''' Anna Hutchison

->'''Played by:''' Creator/FranKranz

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JesseWilliams

[[folder:The Organization]]
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/SigourneyWeaver

->'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardJenkins

->'''Played by:''' Creator/BradleyWhitford

->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrianWhite

->'''Played by:''' Creator/AmyAcker

->'''Played by:''' Creator/TimDeZarn

* CannibalClan/FedToPigs: Either one or the other is implied by Patience's diary, which mentions how her severed arm was "et", but doesn't specify by whom/what.

* TheCuckooLanderWasRight: Despite being a stoner with all the lack of coherency that implies, Marty is surprisingly on the money about a lot of things about the protagonists' situation even before it starts to go to hell. Apparently, his pot has made him mostly immune to the controllers' attempts to control him.

[[folder: The Organization]]
! Overall Tropes

* CovertPervert: During Jules's sex scene, Truman can be seen making a few discreet but noticeable glances in the direction of the screens. He is also notably holding a clipboard in front of his crotch in that particular scene.