History Characters / Trainspotting

* ByronicHero

* AmbitionIsEvil

* HandsomeLech

* NeverMyFault

* SociopathicHero

* TheDitz

* SexIsViolence

* WouldntHitAGirl

* BigFun

* FatBestFriend
* ForgottenFallenFriend
* KavorkaMan

* OnlySaneMan

An antagonist in ''Porno''. A notorious "[[PedoHunt nonce/beast]]" who did time for sexual assualt, possibly against minors. He threatens Nikkie, Lauren and Dianne at a pub, but is humiliated by the latter and leaves in disgrace. He later backs a winning horse and celebrates with Spud with a disturbing, alcohol and tranquillizers-fuelled binge where they encounter a debauched woman. Ultimately, he has an altercation with Franco in a Leith pub.

* NiceGirl

* {{Hipster}}: Mark was one even before the term was coined. This is reflected in his cynical view of modern society, his refusal to seek or keep any kind of employment and his refusal to play along with the social norms in his "Choose Life" speech.

** Blaming June for letting his sons watch ''Film/HomeAlone2'' as a scapegoat for their violence, rather than acknowledging his own behavior.

[[folder: Simon "Sick Boy" David Williamson]]

[[folder: Brian "Nicksy" Nixon]]

* IllTellYouWhenIveHadEnough

* TheTeetotaler: His reaction to being stiffed for the money by Renton. He distances himself from the old crew, joins an alcoholics anonymous group and starts attending church.

* WouldntHitAGirl

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He engages in various criminal enterprises and in ''T2'' plans to do in a returned Mark, but does care for Veronika and comes to repair his relationship with Mark and reveals he was and still is genuinely hurt by his betrayal in London not because of the money but because of their friendship. In the novel canon, it's also likely he loves his family (minus his father), even if he sometimes draws them into his awful scheming.

* LovableRogue: How he'd like to be seen by those around him.

* TooCleverByHalf: He's clever and has a way with words and thinking on his feet that lets him pull off small-time scams but he's not nearly the effortless charmer and criminal genius he thinks of himself as.

* DeadpanSnarker

--> '''Renton''' He's always been lacking in moral fibre.
--> '''Swanny''' He knows a lot about Creator/SeanConnery.
--> '''Renton''' That's hardly a substitute.

While he has [[KickTheSonOfABitch beaten up people that deserve it and maybe fallen into at least one of those aforementioned qualities]] at some point at irregular intervals, it doesn't apply... He seems to try to believe he has morals, though he still loves having an excuse to beat someone up, no matter how [[DisproportionateRetribution disturbingly minor]] said excuse is. The best defence against him is not being in the same room as him, as that poor guy with the bag of crisps can attest.

A washed up former star striker. His drug of choice is booze, and in quantities to put even any of his peeve-friendly pals to shame. In the original novel, he is one of the five who journey down to London for the big heroin deal. By the time of ''Porno'', he's teetotal, found God and wants as little to do with the lads as possible. Second Prize's constant battle with the bottle mirrors the others’ dalliance with heroin and highlights the other social problems facing contemporary Scotland: namely, alcoholism.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: He's TallDarkAndSnarky in the books, blond in the film. Although, in the drug trip sections in ''Dead Men's Trousers'' (pictured above), he's blond.
* AdaptationalHeroism: [[spoiler: Ends up saving Mark's life in ''Film/T2Trainspotting'', and is overall much less of a sociopathic womanizer in the films]].

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He engages in various criminal enterprises and in ''T2'' plans to do in a returned Mark, but does care for Veronika and comes to repair his relationship with Mark. In the novel canon, it's also likely he loves his family (minus his father), even if he sometimes draws them into his awful scheming.

* AmbiguousDisorder: He exhibits most of the traits associated with sociopaths, though it's never outright confirmed whether he is one or not. It's more likely he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, owing to his intensely selfish, manipulative ways and LackOfEmpathy towards others.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Couldn't do this himself, so Mark had to do it for him.

* MatzoFever: His plans for his cut of the drug money involve settling down with a beautiful, rich Jewish princess.

* BuxomIsBetter

* RealityEnsues: Unfortunately, as ''T2'' reveals, Renton leaving him 4000 pounds didn't do him much good as he ended up simply wasting it on heroin as it often happens with drug addicts who suddenly find themselves possessing a large sum of money.

* RealityEnsues: Unfortunately, Renton leaving him 4000 pounds didn't do him much good as he ended up simply wasting it on heroin as it often happens with drug addicts who suddenly find themselves possessing a large sum of money.

--> '''Renton (during his "choose life" rant with Veronika): "Choose slow reconciliation towards thing that you can get rather than what you always hoped for" (cue a shot of Renton looking at Diane from afar when he says "rather than what you always hoped for")

* Hypocrite: In the second movie, she chastises Renton for hanging out with Veronica saying that she's too young for him even though she herself tricked Renton into having sex with her when she was only sixteen. However, it's possible that she was [[HypocriticalHumor joking]].

* DaddysLitlleVillain: In the second movie Begbie attempts to turn his son, Frank Jr., into this but Frank is not very interested in criminal activities which frustrates Begbie.