History Characters / Vertigo

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica (Madeline is mysterious, wears couture, is an icy blonde, and very helpless; Judy is a SweaterGirl with flashy makeup and is hopelessly in love with Scotty and ends up sacrificing her own self to please him) to Midge's Betty (she is down to earth, independent, not submissive to him, humorous, smart, and social) and also Betty (Judy as she is a woman from Middle America who has a less sophisticated albeit sexy style and yearns to please Scotty) and Veronica (Madeline as she is mysterious and given to trances while in neutral toned couture) within herself.

* SweaterGirl: Judy Barton's standard bright-colored tight sweater ensemble contrast Judy's earthy sexuality with Madeleine the icy blond in the gray suit.

* HeroicBSoD: He suffers a severe one about halfway through the film.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Judy is so sweet and charming, it’s easy to forget she spent the entire first half of the film cruelly manipulating Scottie as part of an elaborate murder plot.

* TheLostLenore: Judy’s Madeleine identity becomes this for Scottie. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a {{Deconstruction}} because the “Madeleine” Scottie grieves for and obsesses over never actually existed.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Judy gets cold feet at the last second and tries to stop Elster’s murder conspiracy by screaming at the bell tower, but it is too late. She spends the rest of the film wracked with guilt and regretting her past actions.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: She ends falling for Scottie and regretting her actions, only to end up dying anyway.
* SweaterGirl: Judy Barton's standard bright colored tight sweater ensemble contrast Judy's earthy sexuality with Madeleine the icy blond in the gray suit.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Judy's and Madeline's Veronica. She was Scottie's former fiancee from college, down to earth, independent, has an understated albeit stylish wardrobe in 1950s sportswear, and wears glasses.

* {{Foil}}: To "Madeleine". Both of them are women who are close to Scottie, but the main difference is "Madeleine" is mysterious, helpless, and constantly in trances. Midge on the other hand his independent, down-to-earth and smart.

* {{Meganekko}}: Is an attractive blonde in red rimmed glasses.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica (Madeline is mysterious, wears couture, is an icy blonde, and very helpless; Judy is a SweaterGirl with flashy makeup and is hopelessly in love with Scotty and ends up sacrificing her own self to please him)to Midge's Betty (she is down to earth, independent, not submissive to him, humorous, smart, and social)and also Betty (Judy as she is a woman from Middle America who has a less sophisticated albeit sexy style and yearns to please Scotty) and Veronica (Madeline as she is mysterious and given to trances while in neutral toned couture) within herself.

* ImpersonationExclusiveCharacter: The real Madeleine Elster is never seen alive during the whole film.

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* DeadAllAlong: She turns out to be dead before Scottie finds out about her or before the events of the film.
* PosthumousCharacter: Never got to see her in action, but she had kick-started the entire plot.
* WalkingSpoiler: Well … duh, her being dead all this time isn't revealed until halfway through the film.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretending to be a good friend of Scottie's when in reality, he's a careless murder after his wife.

* DeadAllAlong: She turns out to be dead before Scottie finds out about her or before the events of the film.* PosthumousCharacter: Never got to see her in action, but she had kick-started the entire plot.

* FlawExploitation: his fear of heights is taken advantage of by [[spoiler: Elster and Judy when they switch Elster's wife for Judy on top of the bell tower while Scottie couldn't follow up.]]

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:

* SweaterGirl: Judy Barton's standard tight-sweater-and-bullet-bra ensemble contrast Judy's earthy sexuality with Madeleine the icy blond in the gray suit.

* WalkingSpoiler: Well, not "Madeleine" but Judy.

* FirstNameBasis: When Madeleine says that she'll call Scottie "Mr. Ferguson," he says that acquaintances call him "Scottie," but true friends just call him "John." It's notable that Elster calls him Scottie and ultimately is revealed to have manipulated him, so he was never a true friend.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Pretending