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* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Mariko acknowledges that the man wearing the Silver Samurai suit is a monster and that she had buried her grandfather not too long ago]].
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-->'''Yukio''': How did you know there was a pool down there?//

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!! Humans
Non-mutants. Humans are often fearful and resentful of mutants but have the potential to move beyond that prejudice, which is the root cause of Professor Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's disagreement.

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* AdaptationalBadass: In the comic books, not even the most improved models of Sentinels were as powerful and efficient in their tasks as those versions are. Originally, they were robots from the HumongousMecha variety which were vaguely easy to destroy and trusted on sheer numbers to pose a danger. The model of the films, however, is infinitely more advanced and seems capable to defeat almost any mutant in a singles fight.



* NoKillLikeOverkill: Seems to be their general philosophy when taking out targets, and as such they commit a string of ruthlessly brutal and outright cruel executions during the film. It is apparently meant to ensure their targets are taken out for good, considering how much punishment some mutants can take, but it doesn't make what they do any less horrific given the weird creativity they often show to take them out. [[spoiler:Storm gets dropped off a cliff after impaled, Colossus is separated in two pieces by tug-of-war style double team, and Warpath gets his head burned off after Sentinel gleefully suspends him upside down before its laser emitter.]]

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* SilentAntagonist: They do not speak or make any sort of noise, which is bad for any mutant trying to hide as they can creep up on you and you wouldn't know it until it be far to late.

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* SilentAntagonist: They Unlike the talkative and bombastic Sentinels from the comics, these do not speak or make any sort of noise, which is bad for any mutant trying to hide as they can creep up on you and you wouldn't know it until it be far to late.
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The Silver Samurai was a mythic figure of Ichiro's Family (and a standard samurai), protector of the Yashida Clan. The armor of the warrior is on display in Ichiro's house. The FinalBoss of Film/TheWolverine is a [[PoweredArmor robotic suit based on the Silver Samurai.]]

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The Silver Samurai was a mythic figure of Ichiro's Family (and a standard samurai), protector of the Yashida Clan. The armor of the warrior is on display in Ichiro's house. The FinalBoss At the end of Film/TheWolverine is ''Film/TheWolverine'', Ichirō Yashida dons a [[PoweredArmor robotic suit based on the Silver Samurai.]]
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: His sword cuts into a glass wall and later through a computer monitor.


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* MadeOfIron: Gets stabbed ''in the jugular'' with a fountain pen tainted with Viper's venom, which insta-kills pretty much everyone else and falls into a pool. He gets back up and then keep going after getting thrown around by Wolverine.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler:His son Shingen is killed shortly before he is.]]

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* RaceLift: Trask is played by a black actor in ''The Last Stand'' despite being white in the source material.
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* MadeOfIndestructium: The PoweredArmor version of the suit is made of Adamantium.
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* UngratefulBastard: Towards Wolverine. He did want to [[spoiler:acquire Wolverine's HealingFactor to achieve eternal youth, but he claims that it's for Logan's own good since that what he (Logan) [[DeathSeeker really wanted. As if he cared about Wolverine's desire]]...

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* UngratefulBastard: Towards Wolverine. He did want to [[spoiler:acquire Wolverine's HealingFactor to achieve eternal youth, youth]], but he claims that it's for Logan's own good since that what he (Logan) [[DeathSeeker really wanted. As if he cared about Wolverine's desire]]...
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The PoweredArmor is decapitated with it's own sword.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The PoweredArmor is decapitated with it's its own sword.]]
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The PoweredArmor version of the Silver Samurai. It's a giant HotBlade-wielding Adamantium robot that can allow it's user to fight Wolverine to a standstill, but it's creation nearly drove the Yashida corporation into bankruptcy.

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The PoweredArmor version of the Silver Samurai. It's a giant HotBlade-wielding Adamantium robot that can allow it's its user to fight Wolverine to a standstill, but it's its creation nearly drove the Yashida corporation into bankruptcy.
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* {{Expy}}: He is similar [[spoiler: Shingen Harada, the second Silver Samurai. The most obvious being the suit of PoweredArmor]].

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* CompositeCharacter: He has elements of [[spoiler: Shingen Harada, the second Silver Samurai. The most obvious being the suit of PoweredArmor]].


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The Silver Samurai was a mythic figure of Ichiro's Family (and a standard samurai), protector of the Yashida Clan. The armor of the warrior is on display in Ichiro's house. The FinalBoss of Film/TheWolverine is a [[PoweredArmor robotic suit based on the Silver Samurai.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The PoweredArmor version of the Silver Samurai. It's a giant HotBlade-wielding Adamantium robot that can allow it's user to fight Wolverine to a standstill, but it's creation nearly drove the Yashida corporation into bankruptcy.
* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai
* HotBlade: The swords that come with the PoweredArmor version can be superheated.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The PoweredArmor is decapitated with it's own sword.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: The PoweredArmor version has a a pair of Adamantium swords that can be superheated.
* LegacyCharacter: The original armor of the Silver Samurai has been passed down through the Yashida clan for centuries. Shingen dons the armor near the climax, [[spoiler: and Ichiro dons the PoweredArmor version to battle Wolverine.]]
* LikeCannotCutLike: The reason for the HotBlade ability. Though the blades are made of Adamantium, only the intense heat allows them to cut through Wolverine's own Adamantium claws.
* PoweredArmor: The second iteration of the Silver Samurai armor.
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* BadassNormal: Harada is mundane [[TheLeader leader]] of a clan of mundane ninja.

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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] In the comics, he is Shingen's son and Mariko's half-brother. Here he is not related to them.

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* UngratefulBastard: ZigZagged towards Wolverine. He did want to [[spoiler:acquire Wolverine's HealingFactor to achieve eternal youth, but he claims that it's for Logan's own good since that what he (Logan) [[DeathSeeker really wanted]]. Nonetheless, Ichiro still seems genuinely thankful to Logan for saving his life back in WWII.]]

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* UngratefulBastard: ZigZagged towards Towards Wolverine. He did want to [[spoiler:acquire Wolverine's HealingFactor to achieve eternal youth, but he claims that it's for Logan's own good since that what he (Logan) [[DeathSeeker really wanted]]. Nonetheless, Ichiro still seems genuinely thankful to Logan for saving his life back in WWII.]]wanted. As if he cared about Wolverine's desire]]...



* AntagonisticOffspring: To his far more benign father Ichiro. [[spoiler:Which is promptly subverted later on, as desperation to avoid death made his father cease to be benign.]]

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* AntagonisticOffspring: To his far more benign father Ichiro. [[spoiler:Which is promptly subverted later on, as desperation to avoid death made his father cease to be less than benign.]]



* WellIntentionedExtremist: In his eyes, at least, he's just trying to save the Yashida Clan from being disgraced at the hands of his "weak" daughter.
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* TheAgeless: He became obsessed with becoming this after meeting Logan back during World War II.

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* TheAgeless: He became obsessed with becoming this after meeting Logan back during World War II.



* FauxAffablyEvil: He continues to discuss philosophy and talk like a kindly grandfather even as he is [[spoiler:literally sucking out the life of Wolverine. He also seems to genuinely want Logan to find peace in death.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Served in the military in World War II, and later founded a highly successful technology conglomerate.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: He continues to discuss philosophy and talk like a kindly grandfather even as he is [[spoiler:literally sucking out the life out of Wolverine. He also seems to genuinely want Logan to find peace in death.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Served in the military in World War II, II (bruiser), and later founded a highly successful technology conglomerate.conglomerate (genius).



* ImmortalitySeeker: He became obsessed with becoming this after meeting Logan back during World War II.

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* {{Badass}}: As much of a bastard as he is, it can't be denied.



* ActionGirl: She's proficient in softhanded martial arts and an excellent knife-thrower, helping to [[spoiler:kill Silver Samurai.]]



* GirlyBruiser: She's a capable ActionGirl and very feminine.
* LadyOfWar: Has the dignified demeanor of one when she fights.

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* GirlyBruiser: She's a capable ActionGirl and very feminine.
* LadyOfWar: Has the She's proficient in softhanded martial arts and an excellent knife-thrower, helping to [[spoiler:kill Silver Samurai]], and maintains her dignified demeanor of one when she fights.
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!! US Government
[[folder:Senator Robert Kelly]]
!!Senator Robert Kelly (R-KS)
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that mutants are very real, and that they are among us. We must know who they are, and above all, what they can do!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Bruce Davison
->'''Film Appearances:''' ''Film/XMen1 | Film/X2XMenUnited[[note]]Actually disguised Mystique[[/note]]''

An anti-mutant politician that supports a Mutant Registration Act and wishes to ban mutant children from schools.
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* AlasPoorVillain: He goes through absolute hell and [[spoiler:renounces his anti-mutant beliefs before dying.]]
* ButtMonkey: After his initial appearance, things go downhill for him. [[spoiler:Kidnapping, being transformed into what he hates, dropped into the ocean and finally a painful death.]]
* ColorMeBlack: An anti-mutant demagogue [[spoiler:who gets turned into a mutant]].
* TheExtremistWasRight: He might be a complete Jerkass and fear-monger, but at the same time, given what Magneto gets up to during the course of the films and that we later learn his aide was killed and impersonated by Mystique for "quite some time"... [[JerkassHasAPoint he has a point]].
* FantasticRacism: Generally makes [=McCarthy-like=] statements about mutants and voices the desire to imprison all of them.
* KarmicTransformation: He hates mutants, but [[spoiler:is transformed by Magneto into one. The transformation ultimately kills him.]]
* ProperlyParanoid: He's concerned about mutants that can enter the mind of others or walk through walls. As it turns out, Mystique has been impersonating his aide for a good long while.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Just as [[spoiler:he renounces his bigoted ways, the effects of Magneto's device overwhelm his body and kill him.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: His desire to introduce a Mutant Registration Act is born out of fear for others, and such fear isn't entirely unfounded.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Enforced. [[spoiler:Magneto's crew mutates him, the US government's biggest backer of mutant suppression. Although we don't really get too good a gauge of how he feels about it, since he dies as a result not too long after.]]
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!!Secretary Trask
->'''Played By:''' Bill Duke
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''

One of the government officials who was part of the president's cabinet in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''. No relation to Bolivar Trask of ''[[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''.
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* OneSteveLimit: With Boliver Trask from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', thanks to a bit of retconning.
* {{Retcon}}: With Creator/PeterDinklage being cast as Bolivar Trask in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', this character played by Bill Duke is retconned into being 'Secretary Trask'.
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!!Warren Worthington II
->'''Played By:''' Michael Murphy
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''

The head of Worthington Labs, the corporation developing the "cure", who expects to rid his son of his mutant abilities.
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* AlliterativeName: '''W'''arren '''W'''orthington II, which means this name runs in the family. For AddedAlliterativeAppeal, he's played by Michael Murphy.
* AntiVillain: It's not like he's forcing mutants to take the cure.
* CondescendingCompassion: His quest to help his son is a classic example, only fueling the son's self-hatred. As he caught his young Angel trying to cut off his own wings, he reacted with revulsion to the fact that his son was a Mutant. He then dedicated his life to trying to "cure" his son from being a mutant.
* KnightTemplarParent: Given his son is a mutant.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He just wants to help people who society views badly.
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!!Dr. Kavita Rao
->'''Played By:''' Shohreh Aghdashloo
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''

A scientist working at Worthington Labs on the mutant cure, which was created with the DNA of Leech.
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* AntiVillain: She's just doing her job.
* DemotedToExtra: Gets about thirty seconds of screen time, three lines in total, [[spoiler:and then is KilledOffForReal]]. Most of her role from the comics (like holding the press conference) is taken over by Angel's dad. She was never a major character to begin with, and was a very recent creation when ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' was made, but still.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: By [[spoiler:Kid Omega.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Like her boss, Worthington.
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!!Sentinel Mark X
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->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''

The standard Mark X Sentinels model which hunt mutants in the BadFuture. They possess Mystique's ability to shapeshift combined with the powers of other mutants, making them more than a match for all but the most powerful mutants.
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* AdaptiveAbility: They have the ability to adapt their structure, powers and strategy to counter the mutants, allowing them to win in almost any scenario. They got the ability from 50 years of research on Mystique's DNA. The only way to end their threat is by using time travel to ensure they never happened. [[spoiler: It's also subtly hinted in the first battle that they have captured Rogue and harnessed her ability at some point. The one who fights Colossus grabs his arm and takes on his metal form. Which would also explain why they're so effective; every mutant they kill is another power they get, likely permanently.]]
* AIIsACrapshoot: In Wolverine's own words, the Sentinels were created to kill mutants, but then moved on to anyone with the potential to breed more mutants, then anyone who tried to aid the mutants (insert WWII analogy here). The "[[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste very worst of humanity]]" are all that remain, ruling over the Sentinels.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: While their EyeBeams are quite powerful, they are slow to charge, and when caught up close they tend to resort to forming their arms into pikes and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice running targets through]].
* ChromeChampion: Villainous example. They have a dark metal finish, and their very bodies seem to be at least mostly formed by NanoMachine plates.
* ComboPlatterPowers: Courtesy of Mystique's powers and research into other captured mutants, they have the combined abilities of numerous mutants, including a variety of ElementalPowers, VoluntaryShapeshifting and FlyingBrick.
* CompositeCharacter: The future Sentinels are the fusion of the regular Sentinels with the [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Nimrod_(Earth-811) Nimrod Sentinal's]] AdaptiveAbility.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than their typical adaptational portrayals, especially the in-story 1970's versions.
* GoneHorriblyRight: They were programmed to hunt and destroy mutants amongst the non-mutant populace and they proved extremely effective in this task. However, they soon began targeting people who could potentially have mutant children and then those who might have mutant grandchildren. Eventually they began wiping out the entire human race to fulfill their purpose.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Their original programming was to go after any Mutant and mutants ''only''. Then they started going after any human that could give birth to a mutant (themselves being human but having the mutant gene to pass on), and humans that opposed them.
* HeroKiller: With their combination of mass numbers and overwhelming individual battle value, they are downright unstoppable; even a combined team of half-a-dozen really powerful mutants can't defeat them. They kill most of the characters in the BadFuture, some of them more than once, and the only way to escape from them is to run before they even find you.
* InvincibleVillain: It's saying something that the ''only'' way to kill these things is to ''go back in time and change the past to ensure they never existed in the first place''.
* TheJuggernaut: Barely anything the X-Men throw at them slows them down for very long. And even if it does, they'll just adapt to it.
* KungFuProofMook: Again, they're made of non-metallic composites to keep Magneto from affecting them.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Seems to be their general philosophy when taking out targets, and as such they commit a string of ruthlessly brutal and outright cruel executions during the film. It is apparently meant to ensure their targets are taken out for good, considering how much punishment some mutants can take, but it doesn't make what they do any less horrific given the weird creativity they often show to take them out. [[spoiler:Storm gets dropped off a cliff after impaled, Colossus is separated in two pieces by tug-of-war style double team, and Warpath gets his head burned off after Sentinel gleefully suspends him upside down before its laser emitter.]]
* RetGone: Due to [[spoiler:Mystique's sparing Trask]], these Sentinels are erased from existence.
* ShapeshifterWeapon: Their arms can become blades to impale their targets. WolverineClaws are also shown in one instance, and the first ones shown are able to turn into drills to penetrate a bunker.
* SilentAntagonist: They do not speak or make any sort of noise, which is bad for any mutant trying to hide as they can creep up on you and you wouldn't know it until it be far to late.
* SuperpoweredMooks: They are basically faceless enemies, but with their AdaptiveAbility they are almost invincible.
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[[folder:Ichirō Yashida]]
!!Ichirō Yashida / [[spoiler:Silver Samurai]]
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->'''Played By:''' Haruhiko Yamanouchi (top) & Ken Yamamura (bottom)
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheWolverine''

A World War II veteran who was rescued by Logan during the bombing of Nagasaki and the head of the Yashida corporation, a technology zaibatsu. Now on his deathbed, he wishes to reunite with Logan to thank him for saving his life.
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* TheAgeless: He became obsessed with becoming this after meeting Logan back during World War II.
* AllThereInTheScript: In ''Film/TheWolverine'', he is never referred to by his full name, Ichirō Yashida. He's simply called "Yashida" or "Grandfather" for most of the film.
* BigBad: Of ''Film/TheWolverine''.
* BrokenPedestal: "It is me, your grandfather!" "I buried my grandfather." Ichiro and Mariko, respectively, later on the movie. [[spoiler:Right before she stabs him in the throat. Also, Yukio's look right before the latter did it suggests that she felt disappointed realizing what kind of a person the man who saved her life is.]]
* CanonForeigner: He does not appear in [[ComicBook/FrankMillersWolverine the original miniseries]] this movie is based on, nor in any other Marvel comics. In the comics Shingen was the head of the Yashida clan, and served a similar [[spoiler:BigBad]] role as Ichiro does here. However, since the movie establishes that Logan and Yashida knew each other from WWII, this would make him too old to be the father of twentysomething Mariko, so instead he's the father of Shingen and grandfather of Mariko.
* TheChessmaster: He was behind most of the movie's events, directly or indirectly.
* CompositeCharacter: He has elements of [[spoiler: Shingen Harada, the second Silver Samurai. The most obvious being the suit of PoweredArmor]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In the end of his life.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Somewhat. Logan [[spoiler:throws him off the building and he crashes below, but he was probably already dead even before hitting the ground.]]
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: When he starts to [[spoiler:age back through sucking Wolverine's powers, he laughs like a lunatic.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He still seems to care for Mariko to some degree, given he purposefully diverges his sword slash not to hit her when she gets in the way.
* EvilOldFolks: His old age and impending death is what makes him so desperate to [[spoiler:gain Wolverine's power.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: He was apparently a genuinely nice and caring man once, but [[spoiler:when his cancer started destroying him, he became obsessed with immortality and turned evil.]]
* FakingTheDead: He is carried away in the middle of the night after passing away shortly after Logan arrives in Japan. [[spoiler:Then the very end of the film shows that he's still alive, though just barely, and attempts to steal Logan's HealingFactor to prolong his own life.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He continues to discuss philosophy and talk like a kindly grandfather even as he is [[spoiler:literally sucking out the life of Wolverine. He also seems to genuinely want Logan to find peace in death.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Served in the military in World War II, and later founded a highly successful technology conglomerate.
* HeroKiller: Slays [[spoiler:Harada (ironically enough, the man who was Silver Samurai in the comics).]]
* HesitantSacrifice: He wants to avoid his impending death due to cancer so badly that he [[spoiler:engages in a twisted scheme to steal Wolverine's HealingFactor for himself.]] He hypocritically tries to convince Wolverine to give him his HealingFactor by claiming that [[WhoWantsToLiveForever an eternal life is meaningless]] [[spoiler:when he really thinks [[LivingForeverIsAwesome an eternal life is the only life that can have meaning.]]]]
* ImmortalitySeeker: He became obsessed with becoming this after meeting Logan back during World War II.
* ImplacableMan: In his [[spoiler:Silver Samurai armor.]]
* LastRequest: His is to see Wolverine one last time. [[spoiler:Turns out there are far more nefarious motives for it]]
* LegacyCharacter: The Silver Samurai was a mythic figure of his Family (and a standard samurai), protector of the Yashida Clan, Ichiro built his armor to resemble the original Silver Samurai, so to metaphorically become the protector of the Yashida Clan himself.
* NotQuiteDead: The Silver Samurai armour [[spoiler:keeps him alive, but he allows others to think he's dead.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: For Mariko, as Shingen, her actual parent, is [[AbusiveParents not a nice man]].
* ThePatriarch: A benign example, and his death triggers the problems. [[spoiler:He turns out to be a EvilPatriarch]]
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death at the beginning of the movie is what triggers the plot. [[spoiler:Except, it turns out, not really.]]
* RasputinianDeath: His head is [[spoiler:impaled by an adamantium blade, his throat is impaled by another one, his armor (which kept him alive) is shred to pieces, his chest is sliced by Wolverine's claws ''and'' he falls down a cliff.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: From a meek dying old man to [[spoiler:a foe who can almost kill Wolverine himself.]]
* UnclePennybags: He was apparently a very benign and kind CEO, always helping the poor.
* UngratefulBastard: ZigZagged towards Wolverine. He did want to [[spoiler:acquire Wolverine's HealingFactor to achieve eternal youth, but he claims that it's for Logan's own good since that what he (Logan) [[DeathSeeker really wanted]]. Nonetheless, Ichiro still seems genuinely thankful to Logan for saving his life back in WWII.]]
* UnroboticReveal: Wolverine rips off Silver Samurai's head to reveal [[spoiler:Yashida inside.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Many of his tropes are for a plot reveal.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shingen Yashida]]
!!Shingen Yashida
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/HiroyukiSanada
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheWolverine''

Yashida's son and Mariko's father as well as corporate rival.
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* AxCrazy: After Viper attempts to kill him, he completely loses his mind and goes on a rampage.
* AbusiveParent: He is seen slapping his daughter early on, and [[spoiler:later tries to kill her.]]
* AdaptationDyeJob: His comics counterpart is BaldOfEvil.
* AntagonisticOffspring: To his far more benign father Ichiro. [[spoiler:Which is promptly subverted later on, as desperation to avoid death made his father cease to be benign.]]
* ArchnemesisDad: To Mariko.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: By far the best swordsman out of the entire Yashida Clan, [[spoiler:with the possible exception of his father.]]
* {{Badass}}: As much of a bastard as he is, it can't be denied.
* BadassNormal: No mutant powers, no supertech, just a katana. Nonetheless, he holds his own against the Wolverine himself. Oh, and [[spoiler:he was weakened by Viper's poison at the time, poison that it appears was intended to kill him.]]
* BadBoss: Treats Yukio like crap, despite her faithful service to the Family.
* BigBadWannabe: He really thinks he's the mastermind here. [[spoiler:He couldn't be more wrong.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He is a combination of the comics Shingen Yashida and the personality of Kenuichio Harada.
* CorporateSamurai: Literally speaking. As the trope's meaning, however, he subverts this.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: A rich businessman with ties to the Yakuza.
* DefiantToTheEnd: He refuses to [[spoiler:take Wolverine's mercy and stabs him through the chest as one last act of defiance.]]
* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is responsible for the yakuza thugs and Logan fights him to end this plot thread and [[spoiler: become 'the wolverine'' again]] but there's a bigger villain in play.
* FamousLastWords: "What kind of monster are you?" to which Logan [[TitleDrop answers]] [[PreMortemOneLiner The Wolverine]]".
* FantasticRacism: Towards mutants. At one point he even calls them "God's mistakes".
* GeniusBruiser: He makes a brief mention to the fact he graduated in biology, and is as well a very competent businessman.
* InTheBlood: [[spoiler:Just like his father, he's evil.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's stand-offish and rude to just about everyone.
* KnightTemplar: Sees himself as the righteous warrior protecting the family's honor.
* LastVillainStand: His battle with Logan could be interpreted as this, as he has lost everything by that point, and he just throws himself in a battle he can't win.
* OffingTheOffspring: He planned to kill his daughter so he can have the company.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: His big objective is to gain his father's inheritance.
* TheUnfavorite: Multi-generational one. Shingen claims Ichiro never considered him a worthy son, instead favoring his granddaughter, Shingen's daughter Mariko. Whether he is telling the truth or not, however, is left up to the viewer. [[spoiler:Given subsequent revelations about his father, he might also have simply been mistaken; Viper implies that Ichiro chose Mariko as his successor because she'd be easier to manipulate than Shingen.]]
* TheUnfettered: None of his evil acts really phase him. Not once does he take a step back and think that maybe, just maybe, trying to [[spoiler:murder your daughter]] is a bit evil.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Viper scarred him. He losses all composure and fights Wolverine like some berserker.]]
* VillainousValor: {{Jerkass}} or not, throwing yourself towards a immortal adamantium-boned warrior with just a Katana ''takes some balls''.
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:When Yashida's obsession with obtaining immortality nearly drove the company to bankruptcy, Shingen assured stockholders and investors to continue supporting them. Though trying to be a good son and hoping to be rewarded, he was still passed over Mariko to run the company.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In his eyes, at least, he's just trying to save the Yashida Clan from being disgraced at the hands of his "weak" daughter.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mariko Yashida]]
!!Mariko Yashida
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[[caption-width-right:300:''"I am the head of this family now."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Tao Okamoto
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheWolverine''

Yashida's granddaughter. Logan protects Mariko as her life becomes threatened as a result of her grandfather's will.
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* ActionGirl: She's proficient in softhanded martial arts and an excellent knife-thrower, helping to [[spoiler:kill Silver Samurai.]]
* ArrangedMarriage: To Noburo Mori for business purposes.
* ChekhovsSkill: She mentions while looking at photographs that she's a champion with knives. Her knife-throwing expertise does come in handy.
* DamselOutOfDistress: When she is snagged by thugs at her grandfather's funeral, she was well on her way toward escaping from them when Logan reached her and finished them off. Also she saves Logan a few times and [[spoiler:helps take down Silver Samurai with her knife-throwing skills.]]
* GirlyBruiser: She's a capable ActionGirl and very feminine.
* LadyOfWar: Has the dignified demeanor of one when she fights.
* NiceGirl: She's a pleasant young woman who prefers small town comforts to her position in Yashida's company.
* OfficialCouple: with Wolverine at the end of ''Film/TheWolverine''.
* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler:she's killed in the comics.]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Yukio's Tomboy.
* YamatoNadeshiko: She's introduced caring for her grandfather in a family compound that values tradition (Yukio changes into a yukata when she arrives, Wolverine passes by a kendo match, etc). She demonstrates the 'core of iron' when targeted by kidnappers [[spoiler:and confronting her evil grandfather.]]
* YouAreInCommandNow: Became [[spoiler:the head of Yashida Corp. at the end of ''Film/TheWolverine''.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kenuichio Harada]]
!!Kenuichio Harada
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/WillYunLee
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheWolverine''

A highly skilled archer who's the leader of the current Black Clan sworn to protect the Yashida family and Mariko's former lover.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: Sort of. In addition to [[spoiler: pulling a HeroicSacrifice to save Logan]], he's far less of a {{Jerkass}} than his comic counterpart, who is a foreigner-hating bigot.
* ArcherArchetype: He is quite a ColdSniper, especially when it comes to defending Mariko, as well as his squadron of Black Clan ninjas.
* TheAtoner: He ends up as this near the end of the film.
* BadassNormal: Harada is mundane [[TheLeader leader]] of a clan of mundane ninja.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Harada wasn't killed in the comics]], who falls under Type 1 of this trope.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics, Harada ''is'' the Silver Samurai. In ''Film/TheWolverine'', [[spoiler:Silver Samurai is split into two separate characters. Harada (Samurai's civilian ID in the comics) is depicted as a ninja and Mariko's former lover, while the ACTUAL Silver Samurai is Mariko's grandfather, Ichirō, who uses a silver suit of samurai-themed powered armor]].
* EnemyMine: Harada cites Viper as a [[spoiler: "means to an end," and voices his displeasure towards her consistently]].
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Harada switches allegiance from Ichirō Yashida as 'the head of the Yashia family' to Mariko, who was named the head after Ichirō's faked death]].
* HeroicSacrifice: Near the film's end, [[spoiler: Wolverine sets himself up for one during his battle with Ichirō (who was piloting the Silver Samurai armor), only for Harada to step in and distract Yashida long enough for Logan to get his bearings. The distraction gets Harada impaled onto a massive heated sword.]]
* HitmanWithAHeart: Downplayed. While he isn't a hitman in the traditional sense, he's a bodyguard for the Yashida family. (By extension, serving as THEIR hitman. He and Viper are in an EnemyMine arrangement during the film) [[spoiler: Harada has a HeelFaceTurn near the end of the film after being spurned by Mariko for Logan. Shame that it ends up getting him killed in a HeroicSacrifice.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: He gets skewered by the Silver Samurai's massive sword.]]
* InNameOnly: The comics Kenuichio Harada is ''THE'' Silver Samurai, Shingen's arrogant illegitimate son and a mutant seeking to rule the Yashida clan for himself. He despises the "gaijin" and the Yashidas especially his half-sister Mariko. In the film, most of his personality reflected on Shingen while Harada is relegated to the Yashidas' bodyguard, Mariko's ex-fiance [[spoiler:and not even the actual Silver Samurai]]. His closest reference to the comics is his affiliation with Viper.
* {{Ninja}}: he is TheLeader of Black Clan ninja.
* OhCrap: Not said, but it's clearly written on his face when he sees Wolverine's regained his healing powers.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: with Viper. While the two supply a healthy dose of intel to each other during the film, they cannot hate each other more. A scene shows them having an argument of ethics and honor, with Viper [[spoiler: [[DisproportionateRetribution spraying minor poison on Ken's face and slamming him into the ground as a retort.]]]]
* UndyingLoyalty: to Mariko, despite his allegiance with Viper. [[DeclarationOfProtection He pledges to protect her at her grandfather's funeral.]] He also chooses to [[spoiler:help Mariko and Wolverine in the end of film at the cost of his life, despite [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy it's also pretty clear for him]] that Mariko and Wolverine are already bordering on OfficialCouple.]]
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Mariko jokes that she was going to marry him, but couldn't because they weren't fifteen. By the time they're adults, however, Mariko has to enter ArrangedMarriage with Noburo Mori.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Noburo Mori]]
!!Minister of Justice Noburo Mori
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/BrianTee
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/TheWolverine''

->''"I am the Minister of Justice. Do you have any idea what I could do to you?"''

A corrupt minister of justice who is about to marry Mariko.
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* ArrangedMarriage: To Mariko for business purposes.
* DirtyCop: A minister of justice with ties to the Yakuza.
* DirtyCoward: He runs from conflict, especially in the face of Wolverine.
* TheHedonist: Likes to indulge in drugs and prostitutes.
* HookersAndBlow: Or just hookers, but the principle is there.
* MrFanservice: He's in nice shape and gets an underwear scene.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's only marrying Mariko for the power and money that comes with such a connection to Shingen.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: When Wolverine throws him out the window in the comics, he dies. Not so much here, where a [[Film/DiamondsAreForever swimming pool]] breaks his fall.
* YourCheatingHeart: While Mariko is missing, he's [[AThreesomeIsHot partying with hookers]], something that greatly angers Logan. [[spoiler: Though it's more because this behavior reveals that he's involved in the plot against his fiancée.]]
[[/folder]]

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!! Other Humans

[[folder:Mitchell Laurio]]
!!Mitchell Laurio
->'''Played By:''' Ty Olsson
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/X2XMenUnited''

A security guard at Magneto's plastic prison. Seduced by Mystique as part of a ploy to free Erik Lehnsherr.
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* AssholeVictim: He's a thug who's shown to enjoy beating up an old man stripped of any powers that would allow him to fight back, [[spoiler:so no one minds too much when Mystique sets him up for a death allowing Magneto to escape.]]
* BeardOfEvil: He may be more on the 'asshole' side rather than the 'genocidal' side, but there's no denying he's an unshaven sadist.
* TheBully: He uses what little authority he has to screw with his prisoner(s).
* FantasticRacism: Against mutants. He tells the bartender to turn off the TV when a mutant sympathizer is speaking.
* {{Jerkass}}: An insecure, sadistic slob.
* KarmicDeath: Killed by [[spoiler:the prisoner he hated and abused.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dr. Moira [=MacTaggert=]]]
!!Dr. Moira [=MacTaggert=]
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/OliviaWilliams
->'''Film Appearances''': ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''

-->''"Mutant ethics arise when discussing which of two rights is for a greater good. [...] The answer to this question is the core of mutant ethics."''

A medical doctor who is a colleague of Professor Xavier.
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* AlliterativeName: '''M'''oira '''M'''[=acTaggert=].
* DecompositeCharacter: Moira was changed to an American CIA agent in her late twenties/early thirties during the Cuban Missile Crisis in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', so Creator/OliviaWilliams' Scottish doctor (who is in her late thirties in 2006) becomes a separate person in the movie-verse who happens to share the same name.
* HospitalHottie: She's a medical doctor.
[[/folder]]

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