History Characters / TheGrudge

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:It's possible that by dying the same way as Kayako, not only she becomes the new Kayako, but has somehow assimilated with Kayako herself into one onryo entity.]]

!!Aubrey Davis

* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Becomes the new Kayako.]]

%%* KillTheCutie

-->'''Played by:''' Bill Pullman

-->'''Matthew played by:''' William Mapother

* JerkWithAHeartofGold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.

* Jerk With A Heart of Gold: Vanessa. Despite being an Alpha Bitch who vilely bullied Allison and Miyuki, cruelly pranked and scared Allison and got several people killed with her dangerous and careless actions she seemed genuinely concerned when she found out Miyuki was missing, trying to contact her and seemed genuinely remorseful of her actions, which may Imply she was not a bad person but just your typical Insecure and misunderstood teenager who wanted to make people think she was cool and fit In.

%%* FinalGirl: In the first film.

%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero

%%* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome

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%%* ThatPoorCat

* Woobie: It is hard to not feel sorry for the little ghost boy when you realize that he was likely abused by his father in life, and died so young that he was unable to experience the joys of mortal existence. He does have a nasty habit of taking out his frustration on anybody who enters his home, though ...

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:

%%* BreakTheCutie

* MayDecemberRomance: The news article states he was 51 years old. His wife? 31.

* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat. Even in life, he was seldom portrayed acting with affection towards other people.

* Woobie: It is hard to not feel sorry for the little ghost boy when you realize that he was likely abused by his father in life, and died so young that he was unable to experience the joys of mortal existence. He does have a nasty habit of taking out his frustration on anybody who enters his home, though ...

* KillerRabbit: Despite his harmless appearance, he is actually quite dangerous, and appears to be act intent to harm. At one point he grins before devouring the soul of a woman, suggesting that he gets a sick, child-like pleasure from his activities
* KindHeartedCatLover: He appears to have been very fond of his cat, Mar, the bond was so close that his spirit partially merged with the spirit of the black cat.

* CreepyChild: He sits somewhere in the spooky realm (pun intended) between creepy and adorable. For some people, the sight of a small ghost child with the baby fat still visible on his limbs and torso and a habit of meowing like a cat is actually quite hilarious, but for some, he falls straight in the uncanny valley, especially when he smiles.

%%* KillerRabbit
%%* KindHeartedCatLover

%%* CreepyChild: Holy hell!
%%* CreepyMonotone

!!Kayako Saeki

-->'''Played by:''' {{Creator/SarahMichelleGellar}}

-->'''Jennifer played by:''' {{Creator/CleaDuVall}}

-->'''Alex played by:''' {{Creator/TedRaimi}}

-->'''Played by:''' Creator/Takako Fuji (''The Grudge'', ''The Grudge 2''), Aiko Horiuchi (''The Grudge 3''), Anna Moon (''Tales from the Grudge'' shorts)

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

-->'''Jennifer played by:''' Creator/CleaDuVall

-->'''Alex played by:''' Creator/TedRaimi

%%* StringyHairedGhostGirl

%%* CameBackWrong]]

!!Karen Davies

* BeardOfSorrow: A taped interview with him in the second film, which took place some time shortly after the deaths of his colleagues, shows him looking extremely unkempt.

%%* JawBreaker: [[spoiler:Yoko.]]
%%* KillTheCutie: Poor Yoko...

!!Aubrey Davies

%%* FragileFlower

%%* NeckSnap
%%* StringyHairedGhostGirl

An IntrepidReporter who rescued Karen from the house fire but is also cursed as a result.

%%* ShipTease: With Aubrey.
%%* SpookyPhotographs

!!Mrs. Davies

A family living in Chicago who become victims of the curse. Jakes survives his first encounter with Kayako in ''The Grudge 2'' and is hospitalized in ''The Grudge 3'' where [[spoiler: he gets killed when Kayako breaks every bone in his body.]]

!!Jake Kimble
A young boy who's family becomes victims of the curse. He survives his first encounter with Kayako in "The Grudge 2" and is hospitalized in "The Grudge 3" where [[spoiler: he gets killed when Kayako breaks every bone in his body.]]

* [[FinalGirl Final Guy]]: Well he ''did'' survive the ending of the second film.
* InfantImmortality: Played straight in the second film, where he survives the events of the second film. [[spoiler:Then he gets slapped with SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome ''hard'', therefore averting this trope in the third film.]]

* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:He dies very quickly in the follow-up film, shown being institutionalized then dying not too long after.]]

* AxCrazy: Appears this way to her victims.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: In a strange way, Kayako could be seen through sympathetic eyes. She was murdered by her husband then in her dying moments witnessed him murder their son. She strikes out at the living due to her rage at this very fact. In fact after witnessing her husband kill Audrey Davis in the same way she finishes the job, pitying the young girl for meeting her end in the same way as she had]]

* SympatheticMurderer: Takeo was a loving father and husband despite Kayako's crush.

%%* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome