History Characters / TheLastOfUs

Hostile survivors that dwell in Pittsburgh. They're named after their tendency to murder any "tourists" who enter their territory so they can loot their bodies of any supplies.

* FaceHeelTurn: At least for the first group, where a document implies that they were formerly part of the Fireflies.

*** Tragically, Bill's [[LoveIsAWeakness bel]][[HumansAreTheRealMonsters iefs]] ends up retroactively bearing fruit for the ''entire'' plot in ''Part II''. [[spoiler:Joel gets brutally beaten to death at the hands of Abby, who wanted revenge on the former for killing her father while trying to save Ellie at the end of ''Part 1''. This, in turn, leads ''Ellie'' into going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Abby, creating a [[ViciousCycle Vicious]] CycleOfRevenge between them.]] [[spoiler:And given how DarkerAndEdgier the second game is with the Seraphites and WLF fighting over control of Seattle along with the Rattler's use of [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slavery]], the Infected by that point are considered the ''least'' threatening among the enemies encountered.]]

* ManlyGay: Had a relationship with Frank.

* BoomHeadshot: How Tommy takes him out.

* GasMaskMooks: Wears one to protect himself from the infection.
* GodzillaThreshold / IDidWhatIHadToDo: The apparent motivation of the army at this point, as they had no idea how the infection was spread at this point, so they decided to kill everyone in the affected area.

* WouldHurtAChild: Albeit with extreme reluctance.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: It's part of their nature.

* TheDragon: To David.

* IWorkAlone: See the quote above.

* VestigialEmpire: Twenty years after the outbreak, they control the Boston QZ and have patrols in the rest of the city... ''and that might be it.'' Every other QZ encountered in the series is either abandoned or overrun, be it due to civil uprisings or infected overwhelming their defenses. The TV series at least indicates they still have some factories running in Atlanta as well, so they're likely not ''quite'' as badly off as the games.

* VestigialEmpire: Twenty years after the outbreak, they control the Boston QZ and have patrols in the rest of the city... ''and that might be it.'' Every other QZ encountered in the series is either abandoned or overrun, be it due to civil uprisings or infected overwhelming their defenses.

* HateSink: While he initially presents himself as a [[BitchInSheepsClothing friendly and helpful ally]], he's eventually revealed to be a deeply disturbed [[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]] and {{Ephebophile}}. [[spoiler:When he's killed, the only reason anyone's crying is because of the trauma he put Ellie through.]]

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: After Ellie stabs him the first time in his boss fight, he starts shooting at Ellie at point blank range and misses.

* DayOfTheJackboot: At some point after the outbreak the military seized control of what was left of the government -- forcibly, if the announcement heard in the first game's opening credits is any indication -- and the United States now operates as a military dictatorship.
-->'''General:''' ''[static]'' ...with the bureaucrats out of power, we can finally take the necessary steps to... ''[static]''

* VestigialEmpire: As of the first game, they control the Boston QZ and have patrols in the rest of the city... ''and that might be it.'' Every other QZ encountered in the series is either abandoned or overrun, be it due to civil uprisings or infected overwhelming their defenses.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The military in RealLife actually has contingency plans in place in the event of a real zombie virus (specifically, a mutated form of rabies), and an important part of the plan involves ''rescuing as many civilians as possible''. It's very unlikely that the Soldier would've been given the shoot-on-sight orders in the first place, and if he was, as a soldier he has a legal duty to refuse any orders he finds morally or ethically unsound (like shooting unarmed civilians). In reality, the Soldier and his CO would likely get court-martialed.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/TroyBaker

* TooDumbToLive: Robert gets into debt with such frequency that he tries to have Tess and Joel killed, and when he's cornered, tries to save his life by asking them to help him retrieve the guns he sold himself; his stupidity ends up being terminal.

[[folder:United States Military]]
!!The United States Military

The remnants of the United States Military have become increasingly despotic.

* VestigialEmpire: In the main part of the game, they control the safe area in Boston and have patrols in the rest of the city... ''and that's possibly it.''

* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is killed off midway through the Quarantine chapter.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Salt Lake City zoo does indeed have giraffes.

* ShoutOut: To the [[NamesTheSame identically-named character]] from the 1949 novel ''Literature/EarthAbides.'' Given that he tried to evade the plague by going out to sea, doubles nicely as a reference to Ishmael, protagonist of ''Literature/MobyDick''.

* HotScientist: Fairly attractive as we can see in the covers.

* ParasiteZombie: Of the fungal variety.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The Clickers' "echolocation" is actually inaccurate. In the game, targets apparently have to be making noise for the Clickers to locate them with their signature clicks... but for creatures who use echolocation in RealLife, it doesn't matter if something is making noise or not; the whole point of the clicking is to follow the sound waves bouncing off of objects so they know where they are. In other words, the Clickers should actually be able to sense a moving, man-sized target regardless of how quiet they're being. This is an [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Acceptable Break From Reality]], since if it worked like actual echolocation, it'd be a lot more difficult, if not nearly impossible, to sneak upon them, and would functionally be no different than if they had eyesight. This is somewhat rectified in the second game and in the ''Part I'' remake where Clickers will periodically stop and scream, and if the player happens to be in the direction the Clicker is screaming in, they'll get spotted even if standing still or moving slowly. Also on higher difficulties, they have greater awareness, such as being able to hear you if you open your inventory/backpack nearby.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He's a paranoid, asocial loner who talks to himself frequently. Joel describes him as a little "unstable".

* AgeGapRomance: While Tess' age is unknown and it isn't made clear whether or not her relationship with Joel is purely platonic or romantic/sexual, she looks to be at least a decade younger than Joel.

** She looks about 20 years older in the remake.

* UnkemptBeauty: For having lived in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]] for so long, she's pretty damn good-looking. In the remake, she looks her age and like she's been through hard times.

* UnkemptBeauty: For having lived in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic world]] for so long, she's pretty damn good-looking.

* KnifeNut: She threatens to disembowel Abby with a large knife, and has apparently done so to a few others.

* AgeGapRomance: Joel's about a decade older than she is. That is if you believe they were together.

* BigSisterInstinct: She bonds with Ellie a lot faster and easier than Joel.

* InkSuitActor: Earl and Bill are the spitting images of each other.

* StealthyMook: Stalkers do not appear on Listen Mode, keep low to the ground when calmly moving, and tend to be found in dark areas. Once they are aware of the player, Stalkers will immediately run for cover, then try to quietly circle around the player.