Line #39 Characters/BlueVelvet


1	Here is a list of characters from ''Film/BlueVelvet''.
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5	[[folder:Jeffrey Beaumont]]
6	->'''Played By''': Creator/KyleMaclachlan
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8	A college student returning home to take over the family hardware store for his father, who has recently been badly injured. He quickly develops a mutual crush on Sandy, a high school senior. After finding someone's ear in the grass, he dives into a mystery hidden beyond the town's sparkly surface and gets in way over his head.
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10	* AmateurSleuth: Through his own curiosity, he stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy and decides to investigate it.
11	* AuthorAvatar: For Mr. Lynch himself, in how he behaves, looks and dresses.
12	* {{Determinator}}: He becomes fixated on finding out the mystery of the ear, which leads to Dorothy Vallens, who starts spying on.
13	* EasilyForgiven: By Sandy when his and Dorothy's affair is thrown out into the open.
14	* NiceGuy: He generally goes out of his way to be kind to people. He assures Dorothy he definitely doesn't hate her and quickly accepts Sandy's boyfriend's apology for trying to beat him up.
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17	[[folder:Dorothy Vallens]]
18	->'''Played By''': Creator/IsabellaRossellini
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20	A mentally unhinged club singer who becomes a deranged man's virtual sex slave to protect her husband and son. She has an affair with Jeffrey.
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22	* BettyAndVeronica: A much darker version than usual but Dorothy is nonetheless the Veronica to Sandy's Betty.
23	* BrokenBird: She's already quite broken by the time the movie starts.
24	* TheChanteuse: She sings in a nightclub every night.
25	* DamselInDistress: She is reduced to sex slavery by Frank. She is totally helpless. The film is about Jeffrey's attempt to help her.
26	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Dark to Sandy's Light. It even shows in their hair colors.
27	* SexSlave: Frank has forced her to be his by holding her husband and son's lives over her head.
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30	[[folder:Frank Booth]]
31	->'''Played By''': Creator/DennisHopper
32	->'''Dubbed By''': Creator/PatrickFloersheim (European French)
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34	A depraved drug dealer who keeps Dorothy Vallens as his sex slave.
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36	* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: He's a mob boss who deals in drug selling and is VERY aggressive.
37	* AxCrazy: Will murder, mutilate or batter at the slightest provocation. Merely being in the same room as him is a hazard in itself.
38	* BigBad: He's the source of everything going wrong in the story.
39	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Jeffrey blows the back of his head off.]]
40	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: And far from the pleasant kind.
41	* DeadpanSnarker: [[LargeHam Far from being deadpan]] but quite snarky.
42	-->'''Raymond''': Do you want me to pour it (the beer) ?
43	-->'''Frank''': No, I want you to fuck it !! Shit, yes, pour the fuckin' beer!
44	* DepravedBisexual: A borderline [[ExtremeOmnisexual Depraved Omnisexual]], given he quite literally states he'll "fuck anything that moves!" at one point. He smears lipstick on to kiss Jeffrey all over the face with and calls his butt cute before trying to kill him. The original screenplay heavily implies that Frank raped Jeffrey during the aforementioned incident.
45	* TheDreaded: The scariest, craziest criminal and character of the story and all the people of Lumberton even Jeffrey are scared of him.
46	* EvilWearsBlack: He always dress in black.
47	* {{Fetish}}: He has a thing for blue velvet, the song as well as the cloth. He likes to hear Dorothy sing the former and dress in the latter, he clearly gets a kick out of from sucking on velvet during sex, and he even carries around a small piece of velvet on his person.
48	* HellBentForLeather: He's always seen in a black leather jacket [[spoiler: except at the end where he dress in a business suit.]]
49	* HairTriggerTemper: Raging at someone or something is practically his default state. It's easier to count the times he appears almost calm.
50	* IHaveYourWife: He holds Dorothy's husband and son hostage, and uses this to extorting her into having sadomasochistic sex with him, and even [[FingerInTheMail mutilates]] her husband to intimidate her further.
51	* {{Jerkass}}: And that's one of the ''nicest'' terms to describe him.
52	* LargeHam: The [[AxCrazy terrifying, psychotic variation.]]
53	* PaperThinDisguise: During some of his criminal operations, Frank wears a wig and adhesive mustache to avoid implicating someone matching his actual description. He usually keeps a distance from anyone but associates to hide what an obviously fake disguise this is, but when we the audience see him up close, we're meant to tell right away.
54	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Not only is a sadistic psycho, he's also a violent, depraved rapist.
55	* SatanicArchetype: [[invoked]] [[FridgeHorror Possibly]]. Frank is either a symbolic representation of evil, or at least {{Satan}} incarnate. He's extremely evil, {{sadist}}ic and psychopathic, commits acts of evil [[ForTheEvulz for fun]], and disappears spontaneously in one scene, almost as if he's AmbiguouslyHuman.
56	* SirSwearsALot: Frank's insanity is highlights by his colorful dialogue, which is full of f-bombs and just as unhinged as he is.
57	* TheSociopath: One of the most terrifying examples that cinema has given us. For him, committing acts of violence is as normal as breathing.
58	* VaderBreath: Frank breathes through a gas mask when he is about to make something evil.
59	* VillainHasAPoint: You can't blame him for hating warm beer. It's quite distasteful.
60	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:When he realizes Jeffrey has outwitted him, Frank loses what little sanity he has remaining, screaming like a wounded animal and firing his gun at nothing.]]
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63	[[folder:Sandy Williams]]
64	->'''Played By''': Creator/LauraDern
65	Jeffrey's friend who falls in love with him and reluctantly (at first, anyway) agrees to help him solve the mystery.
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67	* BettyAndVeronica: Wholesome, sweet Sandy is the Betty to Dorothy's dark, sexual Veronica.
68	* BreakTheCutie: When she finds out Jeffrey has slept with Dorothy.
69	* GirlNextDoor: Sandy is litteraly one for Jeffey. She is the "Betty" in the love triangle.
70	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Light to Dorothy's Dark.
71	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold
72	* NiceGirl:She's sweet and very quick to want to help Dorothy when Frank's badly hurt her.
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75	[[folder:Ben]]
76	->'''Played By''': Creator/DeanStockwell
77	Frank's soft-spoken criminal associate, and possibly only friend, who helps hold Dorothy's son hostage.
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79	* DissonantSerenity: Remains completely calm and collected even when Frank gets angry. Dean Stockwell confirmed in a 1990 [[https://stockwellsassies.tripod.com/articles/Dean_Stockwell_a.html interview]] that he played Ben as being on heroin, which is the reason for his bizarre tranquility.
80	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Wears far too much powder on his face, which gives him a ghostly appearance.
81	* EyesAlwaysShut: His eyes are almost always either completely shut or open so little you can't see much of them beneath the lids, which makes the few times he fully opens his eyes very creepy.
82	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: He's always holding a cigarette holder, something usually associated with villains or snooty types.
83	* OhCrap: Silently has this expression once he realizes his lip-synching "In Dreams" made Frank upset, and he immediately stops his routine as Frank shuts off the music. It goes to show just how well he knows Frank's mood swings.
84	* PrecisionFStrike: The only other person in the movie to drop an F-bomb besides Frank, and he only does it at Frank's request.
85	* SissyVillain: Ben may wear a lot of makeup and have a somewhat feminine demeanor, but considering Frank treats him as an equal, he is certainly not to be trifled with.
86	* SmallRoleBigImpact: His total screentime is less than ten minutes, but his role as the one keeping Don Jr. along with his fleshed-out mannerisms make him deserve a folder.
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Context Characters / BlueVelvet