History Characters / VForVendettaFilm

* TranquilFury: He stays calm as he gets berated, yelled at and scapegoated by Sutler as V's planned unrest mounts in Britain but he's obviously fuming. After scribbling an X on his front door to signal his agreement to V's deal he crushes it in his hand.

* EvilIsPetty: He favors refusing much-needed medical aid to the USA as revenge for the Boston Tea Party.

* AdaptationalBadass: While already a badass in the source material, in the film V's physical attributes are explicitly superhuman. Also, while he dies from a single bullet in the comic, ''dozens'' of bullets are necessary to put him down here, and he takes all of his attackers with him.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Since she had been by far the gentlest (at least, post-Larkhill) and most repentant of the three, V rewards her [[spoiler: with a painless and peaceful death]].

* DeathSeeker: Upon learning that V has come to kill her, her only response is "thank God." She even admits she never committed suicide, despite being tempted by her guilt, because she knew V would come for her and she deserved to face justice at his hands.

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: She is the only female among V's targets and the only one who is genuinely sympathetic and remorseful.

'''V''': ''Never.''\\
'''Delia''': I'm so sorry...

-->''He looked at me, not with eyes -there were no eyes- but I know he was looking at me because I ''felt'' it''.

* PeacefulInDeath: Her only worry when V finally kills her is if it will hurt. When he assures her it won't, she spends her last seconds apologizing and slips into death without a fuss.
* PlayingWithSyringes: It was her syringes that helped make V what he is.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Genuinely believed that her experiments were for the good of Britain and mankind in general.

* OutDamnedSpot The only one of the Larkhill Three whose conscience is bothered by what she did, she's clearly haunted by her deeds at Larkhill until the story's present.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He paints his regime's actions as necessary to protect England, but the fact that [[spoiler:he arranged a FalseFlagAttack on his own people that killed over 100,000 people concretely puts any thought of that (whatever was left) into the ground).]]

%% * PeacefulInDeath: One bright side to her HeelRealization was that it meant [[spoiler:she didn't mind dying.]]

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: In Evey's arms.]]

* MadeOfIron: He's can take a real beating and keep on going. [[spoiler: [[DownplayedTrope However]], no matter how tough he is he isn't as bulletproof as the ideas he espouses, requiring a [[BulletproofVest bulletproof breastplate]] to remain standing after being gunned down by Creedy and his men and passing soon after.]]

* ActionGirl: [[spoiler: Reluctantly at first, but she grows into the role.]]

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: After her [[spoiler: imprisonment and torture]], she basically looks like a bald Natalie Portman, as opposed to the comic version, who looked like a concentration camp victim.

* ConfidenceBuildingScheme: [[spoiler: Tortured, brutalized and threatened with execution by V in the guise of Norsefire interrogators, all in the name of freeing her from fear.]]

* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In the novel, she becomes V herself.]]

-->'''Creedy''': Chancellor, we do not have the adequate force to...
-->'''Sutler''': [[DoubleEntendre WE ARE BEING BURIED BENEATH THE AVALANCHE OF YOUR INADEQUACIES, MISTER CREEDY]]!

-->'''Sutler''': If anything happens to that building, the only thing that will change, the only difference it will make is that tomorrow morning, instead of a newspaper, [[TemptingFate I will be reading MISTER CREEDY'S RESIGNATION]]!

-->[[spoiler:'''Creedy''': Disgusting. ''(BoomHeadshot)'']]

-->'''Finch''': ''If our own government was responsible for the deaths of almost a hundred thousand people... would you really want to know?''

* AdaptationalBadass: Considerably more cunning and intimidating than his comic counterpart, who was a tactless, arrogant thug who got [[spoiler: outwitted and killed by another Norsefire leader, instead of being killed by V]].

-->'''Dascombe:''' ''Have you any idea how long it will take to rebuild this facility?''
-->'''Finch:''' ''Do you have any idea what you're doing?''

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He's obviously enjoying himself when brainstorming the Mouth's spin on [[spoiler: Lewis Prothero's]] death. Given that the scene before shows the latter pettily abusing his power over Dascombe, it's hard to really blame him.

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* HeelFaceTurn: He's shown among the crowd [[spoiler: removing his Guy Fawkes mask at the end of the film.]]

* GoodCounterpart: To Prothero. Both of them are prominent public figures, but while Prothero is an arrogant, narcissitic bully who insults his co-workers, Gordon is soft-spoken, charming and friendly to his co-workers.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Feels disgusted about Sutler's cowardice, but when V corners him he's just as scared himself.

* NiceHat: He's never seen without it unless he's safely in his own home. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, he has thousands of citizens wearing one too.]]

* CulturedBadass: His Shadow Gallery is a monument to forgotten culture, and we know he's a fan of (at the very least) showtunes, [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchaikovsky]], Music/TheRollingStones, Creator/{{Motown}} and [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare.]]

-->'''V:''' Sutler can no longer trust you, can he, Mr. Creedy? And we both know why. After I destroy Parliament...his only chance will be to offer them someone else, some other piece of meat. And who will that be? You, Mr. Creedy. A man as smart as you has probably considered this. A man as smart as you probably has a plan.

* KnifeNut: The knives are the only actual weapons he uses, not included his basic combat skills. He's as skilled at throwing them as he is at melee combat.

-->'''Creedy''': Leader, we do not have the adequate...

!Norsefire Government

[[folder:Sutler]]
!!High Chancellor Adam Sutler
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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnHurt
The primary antagonist. A former Conservative MP and Defense Minister who [[StartMyOwn formed the Norsefire party]] after losing patience for conventional politics. Through Norsefire, Sutler gradually seized control of Great Britain through subterfuge and fearmongering, turning the country into a totalitarian dictatorship that he rules with an iron fist.

* SmugSnake: According to the novelisation, which suggests he is the only member of "The Head" to never fear for his job.

* SuperSoldier: Part of an experiment to create one. It [[GoneHorriblyRight Went Horribly Right]]. The experiment has given him slightly above-human endurance and cunning, and he uses this fight to the ones who made him that way. It is also evident that the experiment has made him slightly insane as a side-effect. WordOfGod describes the mental affliction he suffers as akin to schizophrenia.

* EvilIsPetty: As is the case with any dictator, his governmental policies are the result of his own beliefs and personal wants. He offhandedly abuses his power to put the 1812 Overture (the music V played while destroying the Old Bailey) on the blacklist, simply because "[He] never wants to hear it again." [[spoiler:He later ''murders'' Gordon for making fun of him]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: His {{Slimeball}} tendencies are removed, and he becomes something of a PunchClockVillain. He even gets a moment of genuine bravery when he disarms the bomb at Jordan Tower.

* GoodCounterpart: Arguably, to Prothero. Both of them are well-loved public figures, but while Prothero is an arrogant, narcissitic bully, Gordon is soft-spoken and charming.

%%* PompousPoliticalPundit

* AntiVillain: After she leaves Larkhill.