History Characters / Valentine

* ImprovisedWeapon: [[spoiler:Uses a pool cue to knock the killer down.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Almost every line she speaks is brimming with anger.

* RhymesOnADime: Makes three or four rhymes in an attempt to ask Kate out. "You look great, Kate. How about a date, Kate? You could be my mate, Kate... This could be our fate, Kate." Adam mentions a couple others he's made in the past: "Don't be late, Kate. You're first-rate, Kate." Gary doesn't do this all the time however, as he speaks in a more normal pattern when [[spoiler:he finds himself face-to-face with the killer]].

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly is wrong with Jeremy isn't explicitly stated. As a child he was socially awkward and had obsessive tendencies as shown with the scribbled writing in his yearbook. As an adult he's toned down the socially awkward aspects, but the obsessive and meticulous parts of his personality are ratcheted up, which manifest themselves in the custom-made Valentine's Day cards he sends to his targets (coupled with a box of maggot-infested chocolate in one case), matching up each target's fate with how each insulted him, and going out of his way to murder Dorothy's boyfriend so he could break her and make her easier to frame. And that isn't going into how his drinking problem fits into all this (if it's a problem at all).

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:When confronted by the killer, Gary, who is trying on Kate's pantyhose, tries to bargain for his life by saying that he is "not well". We don't learn what disorder he has because he gets beaten to death immediately afterward.]]

* WhiteShirtOfDeath: [[spoiler:He's wearing a white bathrobe when he is killed.]]

* BareYourMidriff: The outfit she wore to the middle school dance at the beginning of the film shows part of her abdomen, a surprising outfit on a 13-year-old.
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Shot three times with arrows, [[RailingKill causing her to fall over a railing]] and [[TrashLanding into a dumpster]], marking her as the second victim.]]

* BareYourMidriff: The outfit she wore to the middle school dance at the beginning of the film shows part of her abdomen.

* {{Foil}}: To Kate. During the opening scene, both girls appeared to be nicer to Jeremy than Shelley, Lily, and Paige, but went about it in different ways; Kate rejected him nicely while Dorothy seemingly accepted Jeremy's offer to dance, but then took him under the bleachers and threw him under the bus (so to speak) [[BitchInSheepsClothing when it was inconvenient for her]]. There's also how they act with their significant others: in the present day, Kate is much more cautious around Adam than Dorothy is around Campbell thanks to Adam's drinking habits while Dorothy threw herself into her relationship out of loneliness. Consequently their actions [[spoiler:determine their fates: Kate survives because she let Jeremy down nicely, while Dorothy is murdered and framed for the massacre.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Kate. During the opening scene, both girls appeared to be nicer to Jeremy than Shelley, Lily, and Paige, but went about it in different ways; Kate rejected him nicely while Dorothy seemingly accepted Jeremy's offer to dance, but then took him under the bleachers and threw him under the bus (so to speak) [[BitchInSheepsClothing when it was inconvenient for her]]. There's also how they act with their significant others: in the present day, Kate is much more cautious around Adam than Dorothy is around Campbell thanks to Adam's drinking habits while Dorothy threw herself into her relationship out of loneliness.

* ManipulativeBastard: Jeremy works his way back into Kate's life as [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter Adam]] through her job and then uses the opportunity to observe how her friends act for ''years'' before deciding to strike. To cap things off he tricks Kate (and probably the cops he called) into thinking that Dorothy snapped and went on a killing spree.

* BerserkButton: Downplayed. Jeremy doesn't openly get angry, but the main targets in his plot receive a lot more physical violence, like trying to choke Shelley to death, stabbing Paige with a drill before electrocuting her, and utterly thrashing Dorothy before putting her in his costume, with her room littered with the signs of their struggle. There's also Gary, who Jeremy murders for stalking Kate; he burns Gary's face with Kate's iron before beating his head in.

* EvilPlan: Kill the girls who framed him for sexual assault.

* MightyGlacier: Never moves faster than a MenacingStroll, but he ''will'' get to his target and once he does [[CurbStompBattle he ends fights quickly and painfully]].

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:In a film full of these, Dorothy probably takes the gold star as the person whose FalseRapeAccusation set everything in motion, culminating in her death.]]

%%* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Nothing will stop him from taking his revenge.]]
%%* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Slap him with a FalseRapeAccusation? He'll murder you, murder your friends for corroborating you, and make it look like ''you'' killed your friends after you apparently snapped due to a lifetime of loneliness.]]

* MadeOfIron: Downplayed compared to other slasher villains but Jeremy takes a decent amount of damage with barely a moment or two spent recovering from wounds he suffers throughout the film that would otherwise incapacitate him. In the opening scene he gets stabbed in the leg and walks it off. In the climax he gets a pool cue smashed into his head, [[GroinAttack kneed in the crotch]], and a bottle smashed against his head and appears none the worse for wear by the end.

* RhymesOnADime: Makes three or four rhymes in an attempt to ask Kate out. "You look great, Kate. How about a date, Kate? You could be my mate, Kate... This could be our fate, Kate." Adam mentions a couple others he's made in the past: "Don't be late, Kate. You're first-rate, Kate." He doesn't do this all the time however, as he speaks in a more normal pattern when [[spoiler:he finds himself face-to-face with the killer]].

%%* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Particularly in the final act of the film as he pretends to be more drunk than he really is. And has likely been doing this act for years.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly is wrong with Jeremy isn't explicitly stated. As a child he was socially awkward and had obsessive tendencies as shown with his yearbook. As an adult he's toned down the socially awkward aspects, but the obsessive and meticulous parts of his personality are ratcheted up, which manifest themselves in the custom-made Valentine's Day cards he sends to his targets (coupled with a box of maggot-infested chocolate in one case), matching up each target's fate with how each insulted him, and going out of his way to murder Dorothy's boyfriend so he could break her and make her easier to frame. And that isn't going into how his drinking problem fits into all this (if it's a problem at all).

* NiceGirl: Kate was the nicest in her circle of friends. Back in middle school, she was the only one who politely turned down Jeremy and did not accuse him of attacking Dorothy, [[spoiler:which is the reason why she's still alive]].

* ArchEnemy: To Jeremy Melton. Dorothy framed Jeremy for sexually assaulting her in middle school, and this is the root of his vendetta against Dorothy and her friends (minus [[TokenGoodTeammate Kate]]). While Jeremy is fully intent on killing them, [[spoiler:he has a particularly cruel fate for Dorothy: frame her for his crimes as retribution for framing him (and to that end he kills her GoldDigger boyfriend) and damn her in Kate's eyes by making it look like Adam was saving Kate from Dorothy.]]

%%* SerialKiller

* TranquilFury: He spends much of the film (and probably the last 13 years) in a state of controlled rage until he has the opportunity to strike, with little to show at how angry he is.

* AcceptableTargets: In-universe, she likes to make fun of short men, as shown in her first scene after the TimeSkip where she talks about one of Kate's dates who lied about his height (Kate tries to cut her off at that point) and later on a neighbor who doesn't clear the peephole in a door when Lily's doorbell rings and she can't see the caller.

* MsFanservice: A mild example compared to Paige, but she wears [[HellBentForLeather a red leather jacket]] and spends much of her screentime in a morgue wearing a low-cut tank top where she'd probably be expected to wear a lab coat.

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Goes on a complete bender towards the end of the film thanks to falling OffTheWagon, muttering about begging a dance from Kate and asking her why she wants to hurt him. Subverted since the ending implies he deliberately acted more off-kilter to lull Kate into a false sense of urgency. Or it's the Jeremy part of his personality leaking back in.]]

* NotGoodWithRejection: Downplayed. Jeremy is probably angry with Paige, Lily, and Shelley for rejecting him, but the story places more emphasis on their helping Dorothy frame him.

* GeniusBruiser: A ruthless SerialKiller and skilled manipulator.

* MysteriousPast: Everything after winding up in the mental hospital and the film's main events is up in the air. The audience knows that he met up with Kate at some point, he made up a story about family in Seattle, and that he's met Dorothy and Paige, but other than that it's left blank.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Downplayed. Jeremy is probably angry with Paige, Lily, and Shelley for rejecting him, but the story places more emphasis on helping Dorothy frame him.

* RhymesOnADime: Makes three or four rhymes in an attempt to ask Kate out. "You look great, Kate. How about a date, Kate? You could be my mate, Kate... This could be our fate, Kate." Adam mentions a couple others he's made in the past: "Don't be late, Kate. You're first-rate, Kate." He doesn't do this all the time however, as he speaks in a more normal pattern when [[spoiler:finding himself face-to-face with the killer]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Touch his girlfriend and he'll gun you down.]]

* MrFanservice: Dorothy mentions Adam always looks good.

* TheChessmaster: A rare example for a slasher villain. He spent years accumulating resources, changing his appearance and mannerisms, cultivating a relationship with Kate, observing her friends' habits and movements, and hiding his true intentions with doses of booze until it was time to strike.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Back in middle school, she was the most popular in her group and everyone loves her, including Jeremy.

* KnifeNut: Carries a long kitchen knife if there are no [[ImprovisedWeapon other objects available]].

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted; Paige is the first to remember Jeremy Melton.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Completely disappears after the art exhibit scenes, though Vaughn mentions he picked him up for questioning and was forced to let him go after his alibi cleared him.

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly is wrong with Jeremy isn't explicitly stated. He was socially awkward and had obsessive tendencies as a child judging by his yearbook. As an adult he's toned down the socially awkward aspects, but the obsessive parts of his personality are ratcheted up, which manifest themselves in the custom-made Valentine's Day cards he sends to his targets, matching up each target's fate with how each insulted him, and going out of his way to murder Dorothy's boyfriend so he could break her and make her easier to frame. And that isn't going into how his drinking problem fits into all this (if it's a problem at all).

%%* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Slap him with a FalseRapeAccusation? He'll murder you, murder your friends for corroborating you, and make it look like ''you'' killed your friends after you snapped due to a lifetime of loneliness.]]

* MadeOfIron: Downplayed compared to other slasher villains but Jeremy takes a decent amount of damage with barely a moment or two spent recovering from wounds he suffers throughout the film that would otherwise incapacitate them. In the opening scene he gets stabbed in the leg and walks it off. In the climax he gets a pool cue smashed into his head, [[GroinAttack kneed in the crotch]], and a bottle smashed against his head and appears none the worse for wear by the end.

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly is wrong with Jeremy isn't explicitly stated. He was socially awkward and had obsessive tendencies as a child judging by his yearbook. As an adult he's toned down the socially awkward aspects, but the obsessive parts of his personality are ratcheted up, which manifest themselves in the custom-made Valentine's Day cards he sends to his targets, matching up each target's fate with how each insulted him, and going out of his way to murder Dorothy's boyfriend so he could break her.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidBoreanaz, Joel Palmer (young)

* TranquilFury: He spends much of the film (and probably the last 13 years) in a state of controlled rage until he has the opportunity to strike, with little to show at how angry he is.]]
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: [[spoiler:Adam Carr is the cover identity of Jeremy Melton, who moonlights as a SerialKiller wearing a FallenCupid mask.