History Characters / Wanted

* UsedToBeASweetKid: She would have become a judge like her father...if he wasn't captured and burned to death in front of her.

* VillainsNeverLie: [[spoiler: When he tells the Fraternity that the Loom of Fate chose each of them to die, they believe him even though Wesley just told them that Sloan has been manipulating the Loom for his own purposes. Justified; the villain is legitimately in the more trustworthy position. Who would you be more likely to believe, the boss who you've got no actual reason to distrust, or the guy who just shot up half your fortress and killed dozens of your friends, after blowing up the other half?]] It's also totally {{Justified}} in that [[spoiler: all of the members in the room had been doing Sloan's bidding unwittingly...meaning they had been killing innocent people that the loom hadn't chosen. Of course the loom would pick them out then.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Depending on your taste. Comic!Wesley resembles a street punk modeled after Eminem while movie!Wesley is played by the more effeminate James McAvoy.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: One can see his bashing of a keyboard on Barry's face as this.
* MadeOfIron: He's stabbed, cut, beaten and shot, yet he comes back. However, he has the pools of wax to help him.

* SingleTear: After [[spoiler: Cross reveals the he is Wesley's father]].

* TookALevelInBadass: It takes awhile (the entire movie), but he firmly becomes just as deadly as the other assassins.
* TrainingFromHell: Has to endure long, grueling tests of endurance and learn how shoot precisely and snatch the shuttle out of a loom.

* YouKilledMyFather: Wesley want to confront Cross, who killed his father. [[spoiler: Then it's subverted: not only Cross reveals the he is Wesley's father, he does so as Wesley has just shot him. So, Wesley was the one who killed his father]].
* ZerothLawRebellion: [[spoiler: After Wesley learns that Sloan's name came up, he manages to hold on to the code as a mean of fulfilling his personal revenge and rebelling against him]].

* CarFu: How she boards a moving train. Also, she filps a car to somersault over an open-topped limousine so Wesley can kill his target.

* ShootTheDog: She invokes this, as she was going get a dog to be a target since Wesley wouldn't shoot the corpse of an old woman.
* TattooedCrook: She's got some tattoos in her arm, and works for the Fraternity.

* InformedFlaw: Wesley calls her "anorexic" in the film's opening, but there isn't any evidence that she is
** Wesley could've just said that as an insult to her.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: She gives a smile shortly before the bullet kills her]].

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[[caption-width-right:192:''"What the fuck have you done lately?"'']]

The main character. Wesley starts out as a account manager whose life sucks: his boss bullies him, his girlfriend cheats on him with his best friend and he takes medications to control his anxiety attacks. But everything changes when he is approached by a woman in a market...

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[[caption-width-right:344:''"You apologize too much."'']]

* MsFanservice: Being played by Angelina Jolie, that is a given. One notable scene has her waking up and let a towel drop to the ground, allowing for a view of her nude back and her ass.

* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When she wakes up when The Exterminator blows a exploding rat in the healing room.

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[[caption-width-right:276:''"For the first time in your life, you're in control."'']]

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* AdaptationalWimpiness: Comic!Wesley is capable of killing superpowered supervillains. Movie!Wesley gets held up by guys with guns. Somewhat justified, because the Fraternity is made up of people with a similar time-slowing ability to Wesley in the movie.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comic books, Wesley is a supervillain who happily rapes and slaughters because he believes he has the authority to do as he pleases as a supervillain. In the movie he is more of an AntiHero, see below.

* {{One Man Army}}: Wesley becomes this after [[TookALevelinBadass taking a level in badass]]. His one-man assault on the Fraternity headquarters is a sight to behold.

* ImformedFlaw: Wesley calls her "anorexic" in the film's opening, but there isn't any evidence that she is

* {{Badass}}: He got out of a flaming jetliner in a Dodge Viper and managed to hit an extremely fast Fraternity member.

* AncestralWeapon: He is given Mr. X's sidearm when he is first introduced into the Fraternity, a Imanishi 17 (a Beretta 92S with engraved wooden grips and a compensator). At the end of the film, he uses Cross' ([[spoiler: his '''real''' father]]) rifle to [[spoiler: kill Sloan]]. In the video game sequel, he uses his dad's Nightshade pistol and Fire Eaters.

->'''Played by:''' Thomas Kretschmann

* Badass: He got out of a flaming jetliner in a Dodge Viper and managed to hit an extremely fast Fraternity member.
* BeserkButton: Threatening his [[spoiler: son and wife]].

* AndNowforSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Some sections of the video game has you play as him in flashbacks.

* ContractOnTheHitman: [[spoiler: He discovers Sloan faking kill orders and is branded a traitor]].

* MoreDakka: He uses a Heckler & Koch MP7A1 in the movie and uses two custom CZ 75 Automatic Pistols in the game.

* AncestralWeapon: He is given Mr. X's sidearm when he is first introduced into the Fraternity, a Imanishi 17 (a Beretta 92S with orante wooden grips and a compensator). At the end of the film, he uses Cross' ([[spoiler: his '''real''' father]]) rifle to [[spoiler: kill Sloan]]. In the video game sequel, he uses his dad's Nightshade pistol and Fire Eaters.

One of the best members of the Fraternity who betrayed them and started killing other Fraternity members, including Wesley's father, Mr. X. When he is finally confronted, [[spoiler: there's more to it]]. He was branded a traitor by [[spoiler: Sloan]] when he discovered that

One of the best members of the Fraternity who betrayed them and started killing other Fraternity members, including Wesely's father, Mr. X. When he is finally confronted, [[spoiler: there's more to it]]. He was branded a traitor by [[spoiler: Sloan]] when he discovered that

* Badass: You get to see him in full action in Wanted: Weapons of Fate.
* BadassSniper: He does this '''several miles away''' with a 6-foot musket-style rifle that uses bullets that split into 3-parts to make their way to their target
* BeserkButton:

* GunsAkimbo:

* MoreDakka:
* PapaWolf:

--> '''Wesley''': She has one single iota of tenuous power. She thinks she can push everyone around. (...) I understand. Junior high must've been kind of tough, but it doesn't give you the right to treat your workers like horseshit, Janice. I know we laugh at you, Janice. We all know you keep a stash of jelly donuts in the top drawer of your desk. But I want you to know, if you weren't such a bitch, we'd feel sorry for you. I do feel sorry for you. But as it stands, the way you behave - I feel I can speak for the entire office when I tell you... go fuck yourself.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: This sociopathic killer-for-hire is the only female among the assassins of the Fraternity, and their top member.

* RewatchBonus: If you look back at the film, he never really fires directly at Wesely, even

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: This sociopathic killer-for-hire is the only female among the assassins of the Fraternity, and their top member.

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-->" Here is what the truth is: ''Your'' name came up. ''Your'' name came up. ''Your'' name came up. ''Your'' name. ''Your'' name. ''Yours.'' everyone in this room. If I had not done what I did, you would all be dead. '''I saved your lives.''' Now look where we are. We are stronger than ever, changing the course of history as we see it. Choosing the targets that we select. We can redistribute power where we see fit. The wolves rule, not the sheep. Now, if any of you feel the need to follow the code of the Fraternity to the letter, I invite you to take your gun, put it in your mouth, and pull the trigger. That is what Wesley demands. Otherwise, shoot ''this'' motherfucker, and let us take our Fraternity of Assassins to heights reserved only for the Gods of men. You choose.

* {{Badass}}: It takes awhile, but he firmly becomes this.
** BadassBoast: "'''I''' am the perfect weapon."
** TookALevelInBadass: Throughout the entire movie.

[[caption-width-right:276:''For the first time in your life, you're in control.'']]