History Characters / ThePrincessBride

->Portrayed by Creator/CaryElwes

-->'''Fezzik''': [[LampshadeHanging Why are you wearing a mask?]] Were you burned by acid or something like that?\\
'''Man in Black''': No, it's just that they are terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

-->'''Inigo''': Hello there! Slow going?\\
'''Westley''': Look, I don't mean to be rude, but this is not as easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't distract me.\\
'''Inigo''': Right, right. Sorry.\\
'''Westley''': Thank you.\\

'''Inigo''': I do not suppose you could-a speed things up?\\
'''Westley''': Look, if you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.\\
'''Inigo''': I could do that. I have got some more rope up here. But I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around up here to kill you.\\
'''Westley''': [[{{Understatement}} That does put a damper on our relationship.]]\\
'''Inigo''': But… I promise I will ''not'' kill you until you reach the top.\\
'''Westley''': That's very comforting. But I'm afraid you'll just have to wait.\\
'''Inigo''': I hate waiting. Could I give you my word as a Spaniard?\\
'''Westley''': No good. I've known too many Spaniards.\\
'''Inigo''': Is there any way you’ll trust me?\\
'''Westley''': Nothing comes to mind.

--> "Drop. Your. Sword."

-->'''Westley''': To the pain means that the first thing you lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose… The next thing you lose will be your left eye, followed by your right… Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why: so that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish; every babe that weeps at your approach; every woman who cries out, "Dear God! What is that thing?" will echo in your perfect ears. That is what "to the pain" means; it means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in [[AFateWorseThanDeath freakish misery]], [[AndIMustScream forever]].

->Portrayed by Creator/RobinWright

-->'''Buttercup''': You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are [[DirtyCoward a coward]], that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth!

->Portrayed by Creator/MandyPatinkin

--> '''Inigo''': Excuse me… excuse me… Fezzik, please?\\
'''Fezzik''': EVERYBODY ''MOVE''!\\
'''Crowd''': ''[clears a path]''\\
'''Inigo''': Thank you.

-->'''Inigo''': I could give you my word as a Spaniard.\\
'''Westley''': No good. I've known too many Spaniards.\\
'''Inigo''': I swear on the soul of my father, Domingo Montoya, you will reach the top alive.\\
'''Westley''': Throw me the rope.

-->'''Inigo''': Offer me money.\\
'''Count Rugen''': Yes!\\
'''Inigo''': Power, too, promise me that.\\
'''Count Rugen''': All that I have and more. ''Please...''\\
'''Inigo''': Offer me everything I ask for.\\
'''Count Rugen''': Anything you want...\\
'''Inigo''': I want my father back, you son of a bitch!

-->'''Inigo''': You know… it's very strange. I have been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life.\\
'''Westley''': Have you ever considered piracy? [[PassingtheTorch You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.]]

-->'''Inigo''': I want my father back, you son of a bitch.

-->'''Vizzini''': He didn't fall?! Inconceivable!\\
'''Inigo''': You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

->Portrayed by Wrestling/AndreTheGiant
-->'''Inigo''': That Vizzini, he can fuss.\\
'''Fezzik''': Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at [[RhymesOnADime us]].\\
'''Inigo''': Probably, he means no harm.\\
'''Fezzik''': He's really very short on [[RhymesOnADime charm]].\\
'''Inigo''': You have a great gift for rhyme.\\
'''Fezzik''': Yes, yes, some of the [[RhymesOnADime time]].

-->'''Max:''' Go away! I'll call the brute squad!
-->'''Fezzik:''' I'm ''on'' the brute squad...
-->'''Max:''' ''(sizing him up)'' You ''are'' the brute squad.

->Portrayed by Creator/WallaceShawn

-->'''Man In Black''': You guessed wrong.\\
'''Vizzini''': You only ''think'' I guessed wrong. That's what's so funny! I [[PoisonedChaliceSwitcheroo switched glasses when your back was turned]]! Haha, YouFool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous is "never get involved in a land war in Asia," but only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE! [[LaughingMad AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-]] [[spoiler:([[DieLaughing falls over and dies]])]].
* PetTheDog: A very minor one but it’s there. When Westley challenges him to a battle of wits and he accepts, he immediately stops holding his dagger to Buttercup’s throat and sheathes it to "fight" fair and square, even if it’s because he’s smugly arrogant about his intellectual superiority.

->Portrayed by Creator/ChrisSarandon

-->'''Humperdinck''': I know of nothing else that kills so silently.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance - it’s going to get you into trouble someday.''"]]
->Portrayed by Creator/ChristopherGuest

-->'''Rugen''': NOT TO FIFTY!!

->Portrayed by Creator/BillyCrystal & Creator/CarolKane

--> '''Valerie:''' LIAR! LIAR! LIIAAAAR![[note]] Get back, ''witch!''[[/note]]

--> '''Valerie:''' LIAR! LIAR! LIIAAAAR!

[[caption-width-right:350:The Pit of Despair! Don’t even think...''clears throat''...don’t even think about trying to escape.]]
->Portrayed by Creator/MelSmith

->Portrayed by Creator/PeterCook

->Portrayed by Creator/MalcolmStorry

* AllThereInTheManual: The novel explains that he’s the albino’s cousin.

-->'''Westley''': Give us the gate key.\\
'''Yellin''': I have no gate key.\\
'''Inigo''': Fezzik, tear his arms off.\\
'''Yellin''': Oh, you mean ''this'' gate key? ''[holds up gate key]''

->Portrayed by [[Series/TheWonderYears Fred Savage]]
-->''"They’re kissing again. Do we have to read the kissing parts?"'''

-->'''Grandfather''': She doesn't get eaten by the eel at this time.\\
'''Grandson''': What?\\
'''Grandfather''': The eel doesn't get her. I thought I'd mention that 'cause you looked a bit worried.\\
'''Grandson''': I wasn't worried. ...maybe I was a little bit ''concerned'', but that's not the same thing.

* DeadpanSnarker
--> '''Grandfather''': Yes, yes, [[GenreSavvy you're very smart]]. Shut up.

* WouldHurtAChild: Cut Inigo’s face several times when they met when Inigo was a boy and Rugen killed his father, Domingo.

* BackFromTheDead: After the report that he had been killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts, [[spoiler: he shows up ''as the Dread Pirate Roberts'' to save Buttercup.]][[spoiler:Westley dies due to torture, but is brought back thanks to the Miracle Pill.]]

[[caption-width-right:325:Inconceivable!]]

** In the books, Inigo is the only living person to hold the rank of Wizard, which is a rank above Master.

* TrainingFromHell: The book goes into more detail about how he trained under every sword-fighting Master in the realm, surpassed them all, trained under every sword-fighting Grandmaster, surpassed them too, then sought out the one man who was even greater than a Grandmaster, a Wizard, and, well, Inigo surpassed that guy too.

* IllBoy: His grandfather comes to read him the story because he's been extremely sick. Not at death's door or anything, but still very sick.

* DumbBlonde: Her hair is golden as the sun, but she's not exactly the brightest bulb in the box - though she's actually rather smarter than she appears. Taken UpToEleven in the book.

** In the books, Inigo is the only living person to hold the rank of [[UpToEleven Wizard]], which is a rank above Master.

* WickedStepmother: Subverted. His stepmother is actually quite nice, it's just that [[GenreSavvy he grew up reading fairytales with wicked stepmothers]] and as such refers to her as "Evil Stepmother" ("E.S." for short), a term of endearment between them.

* WorthyOpponent: Westley. The feeling ends up mutual.

* NotSoStoic: The first time he raises his voice is when Humperdinck slams the torture suction device to its highest setting.

* KnifeNut: Wields a knife, which he uses to cut the rope the Man In Black is climbing after getting off it himself and later holds on Buttercup.

* AdaptationalBadass: Downplayed, but in the book he's genuinely attempting to bribe Inigo to spare him, but the film version of Rugen is just playing along to get Inigo to drop his guard for a last-ditch attack (and which Inigo is more than ready to counter).

* KickTheSonOfABitch: It is curious that out of Vizzini's trio, the only one he actively decided to kill (Vizzini himself) happened to be the only genuinely evil one of the three (holding a knife to his lover's neck certainly didn't help his odds of survival).

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Very blonde, as well as (deep down) kindhearted and loyal.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: It is curious that out of Vizzini's trio, the only one he actively decided to kill (Vizzini himself) happened to be the only genuinely evil one of the three.

* NervesOfSteel: Absolutely nothing phases him. He takes on the most dangerous challenges with almost superhuman equanimity.

* PrettyBoy: Oh yes. With his handsome facial features, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold beautiful blonde hair]], and [[WhatBeautifulEyes big blue eyes]], it's no wonder why Buttercup became attracted to him.

'''Inigo:''' Humiliations galore.\\

--> '''Valerie:''' LIAR! LIAR! LIIAAAAR!

* VillainousBreakdown: The Man In Black's pursuit sends him right off his rocker, especially in the book, albeit not so very long after the reader ''meets'' him in the first place. (That said, he claims that it's been ''years'' since someone challenged his mind, and there's a general indication that Vizzini is legitimately used to his plans going off without a hitch). In th film, though he spends much of their encounter egotistically believing himself to have the upper hand, there is a point during his game of IKnowYouKnow (otherwise him trying to get a reaction out of his opponent) when the Man in Black accuses him of stalling, and his anger starts to show as he rants slightly about the defeat of his henchmen. However, he drops it quickly once pressed about it - and dies still thinking he's won.

* VillainousBreakdown: The Man In Black's pursuit sends him right off his rocker, especially in the book, albeit not so very long after the reader ''meets'' him in the first place. (That said, he claims that it's been ''years'' since someone challenged his mind, and there's a general indication that Vizzini is legitimately used to his plans going off without a hitch.)

* PrettyBoy: Oh yes. Cary Elwes is ''decidedly'' hot as Westley, especially compared to his later roles in Liar Liar and Twister, where he plays goofy/jerkass characters respectively.

* DirtyCoward: When Inigo finally confronts him, he at first raises his sword to fight… then turns and runs away. When Inigo catches up, he ambushes him with a throwing knife. This is more justified in the book; the four swordsmen Inigo cut through in seconds are explained to all be master swordsmen in their own right (while in the movie, they seem to just be mooks), so he knows a fair fight would effectively be suicide.

* VillainousFriendship: Type I with Prince Humperdinck.

* BadassMustache: When he's older.

* BadassMustache: It connects with his sideburns.