Line #41 Characters/TheBlackHole


1	This is a list of all the characters from 1979 film ''Film/TheBlackHole''.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!!''Palomino'' crew
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7	[[folder:Dan Holland]]
8	!!Captain Daniel Holland
9	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dholland.png]]
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11	->'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertForster
12	->''"It'll be tough to go home after a year and a half, what with our principal reason for making this trip in the first place coming up unresolved."''
13	The captain of the ''Palomino''.
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15	* BigDamnHeroes: To Kate when she is in the "hospital" being forcibly lobotomized.
16	* TheHero: As was standard at the time.
17	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Keeps his impulsive crew in line, is suspicious of Reinhardt almost immediately but gives him the benefit of the doubt until he has proof.
18	[[/folder]]
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20	[[folder:Charlie Pizer]]
21	!!First Lieutenant Charles Pizer
22	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pizer.png]]
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24	->'''Played by:''' Creator/JosephBottoms
25	->''"When I signed on for this mission, I didn't think that I'd be playing straight man to a [[TinCanRobot tin can]]."''
26	The helmsman and First Officer of the ''Palomino''. The youngest member of the crew, he has a feisty ego and an eagerness to jump into the thick of the action.
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28	* TheCavalry: When Dan, Kate, V.I.N.CENT, and Old B.O.B. are pinned down by laser fire from sentry robots on their way to the ''Palomino'', Charlie singlehandedly ambushes the sentries from behind and takes them out.
29	* DisobeyedOrdersNotPunished: In the aforementioned TheCavalry incident, Dan had instructed Charlie to leave him, Kate, V.I.N.CENT and Old B.O.B. aboard the ''Cygnus'' and take Harry and ''Palomino'' and get out of Dodge. Charlie instead leaves the ''Palomino'' to rescue his friends. Rather than be upset that Charlie disobeyed a direct order, Dan is relieved to see him.
30	-->'''Charlie:''' Yah-haaaaa! [destroys the sentry robots]
31	-->'''Dan:''' Way to go, Charlie!
32	** Even after [[spoiler: Harry is shot down and killed [[DirtyCoward trying to escape the Cygnus in the Palomino]]]], Dan doesn't yell at Charlie for leaving his post, but instead says that [[spoiler:Harry might have done them a favor because the remaining crew are still alive.]]
33	* TheLancer: Given the rather by the numbers nature of the crew, he falls into this category.
34	* SmokingBarrelBlowout: Makes this motion with his weapon early in the film.
35	[[/folder]]
36
37	[[folder:Alex Durant]]
38	!!Doctor Alexander Durant
39	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alexdurant_8.gif]]
40	%%[[caption-width-right:250:some caption text]]
41	->'''Played by:''' Creator/AnthonyPerkins
42	->''"There's an entirely different universe beyond that black hole. A point where time and space as we know it no longer exists. We will be the first to see it, to explore it, to experience it!"''
43	An astro-physicist serving as the ship's navigator and science officer. Seeing several of his scientific contemporaries achieve promotions and tenures has left him feeling he has hit the glass ceiling in his own career.
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45	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Maximillian eviscerates him with his spinning blades.]]
46	* HeroWorshipper: Is this to Reinhardt, to the point that he refuses to return to the ''Palomino'', despite Dan's orders.
47	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He misjudged Reinhardt pretty badly.
48	%%* TheSmartGuy
49	* TooDumbToLive: He ignores some pretty obvious signs that Dr. Reinhardt is less than sane until it's too late.
50	[[/folder]]
51
52	[[folder:Kate [=McCrae=]]]
53	!! Doctor Katherine [=McCrae=]
54	[[quoteright:292:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drkate.jpg]]
55	%%[[caption-width-right:292:some caption text]]
56	->'''Played by:''' Creator/YvetteMimieux
57	->''"If there's any justice at all, the black hole will be your grave!"''
58	The ''Palomino'''s medical officer and empath. She is the daughter of Frank [=McCrae=], the First Officer of the ''Cygnus''.
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60	* DamselInDistress: On Reinhardt's orders, after [[spoiler:Alex is killed by Maximillian]], she is taken to be lobotomized.
61	* PsychicPowers: She has a telepathic link with V.I.N.CENT. According to the novelization, it comes from a cybernetic implant in her brain.
62	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only woman on the crew.
63	[[/folder]]
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65	[[folder:Harry Booth]]
66	!!Embedded Journalist Harold Booth
67	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harry_booth.gif]]
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69	->'''Played by:''' Creator/ErnestBorgnine
70	->''"No sense leaving the story of a lifetime untold, Captain."''
71	A civilian news reporter aboard the ''Palomino''.
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73	* AssholeVictim : [[spoiler:Is shot down after abandoning his allies to die.]]
74	* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Granted, he ''was'' right about Reinhardt, but in nearly every scene he is objecting to the wisest course of action and is suggesting a course of action that would probably make things worse.
75	* DirtyCoward: He talks big about rebelling against Reinhardt and his drones, but he quickly backs down on finding out the AwfulTruth. And ''then'' [[spoiler:he tries to escape on the ''Palomino'', leaving his friends behind.]]
76	* IntrepidReporter: Implied to have been one in his youth, but his actions in the story proper make it come across as more of an InformedAbility.
77	* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:He attempts to escape by himself in the ''Palomino'', despite not knowing how to fly it.]]
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:V.I.N.CENT.]]
81	!!LF-396 (V.I.N. CENT.)
82	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/v_i_n_cent_promo_01.jpg]]
83	%%[[caption-width-right:250:some caption text]]
84	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RoddyMcDowall
85	->''"They still haven't improved on our model. You can't modify perfection! We are the best."''
86	A late-model Labor Force utility droid, '''LF-396''' is outfitted with a Vital Information Necessary Centralized learning computer. Consequently, the crew of the ''Palomino'' informally refer to him as V.I.N.CENT. Something of a [[JackOfAllStats jack of all trades]], V.I.N.CENT serves as the ship's mechanic and engineer, while also outfitted with some limited combat protocols.
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88	* BadassAdorable: He almost looks like a toy robot and he's also one heckuva crack shot able to hit targets while spinning.
89	* DoAnythingRobot: Can float and has the usual deployable tools.
90	* {{Expy}}: A more competent and less effeminate C-3PO, with the body and snark of R2-D2.
91	* FantasticRacism: Claims not to get along with other robots except from his own model, whom he regards as superior.
92	* FunWithAcronyms: His name stands for Vital Information Necessary [=CENTralized=]
93	* HoverBot: V.I.N.CENT is a spherical floating torso with retractable arms, legs, and a head.
94	* LastOfHisKind: The novelization and early drafts of the script suggest that his model is being phased out in favor of specialized military droids, and the crew of the ''Palomino'' are fearful that their superiors may have him decommissioned when they return to Earth.
95	* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qNImL96rno A somber tune.]]
96	* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Lampshaded:
97	-->'''Charlie Pizer:''' V.I.N.CENT, were you programmed to bug me?
98	-->'''V.I.N.CENT:''' No sir, to educate you.
99	[[/folder]]
100
101	!!''Cygnus'' crew
102
103	[[folder:Hans Reinhardt]]
104	!!Commander Hans Reinhardt
105	[[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blackhole79_imalittleconcerned_fc_470x264_100920180652.jpg]]
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107	->'''Played by:''' Creator/MaximilianSchell
108	->''"Tonight, my friends, we stand on the brink of a feat unparalleled in space exploration. If the data on my returning probe matches my computerized calculations, I will travel where no man has dared to go."''
109	A brilliant but eccentric German scientist who was placed in command of the ''Cygnus''. Sent on the same mission as the ''Palomino'' - to explore deep space and search for intelligent life in the cosmos - Dr. Reinhardt took the ''Cygnus'' farther outside of known space than any previous vessel. When this expedition does not appear to bear any fruit, the ''Cygnus'' is ordered to return to Earth. Reinhardt failed to respond to this order, and twenty years later, he and the crew of the ''Cygnus'' are missing and presumed dead.
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111	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After traveling into the black hole he is left encased in Maximillian's body, trapped in what appears to be Hell.]]
112	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: His sole obsession is to find out what happens when you go through a black hole...
113	* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:He's last seen merged with Maximillian and trapped in a fiery landscape resembling Hell.]]
114	* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Merges with Maximillian after traveling into the black hole.]]
115	* HerrDoktor: The requisite doctor with a German accent and grandiose ambition.
116	* InsufferableGenius: Booth describes Reinhardt as "arrogant, pompous, and utterly heedless of the value of taxpayers' money".
117	* LargeHam: Reinhardt is described as 'theatrical,' and he definitely lives up to that description.
118	* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: He tries to play as if Maximillian is the one pulling the strings after he kills Durant, but he's lying through his teeth to keep Kate on his side. It doesn't work.]]
119	* MadScientist: Reinhardt ticks all the boxes: great genius, huge ego, LargeHam, refusal to accept the boundaries of society, morality or physics as we know it. The only person he shows genuine empathy for is a fellow scientist who shows unquestioning awe of his genius.
120	* NonActionBigBad: Reinhardt isn't a fighter himself, relying on Maximillian and his robots to do his dirty work.
121	* TimTaylorTechnology: Implied in the film and spelled out in the novelization: [[spoiler: After the antimatter engines are damaged by the meteor storm, Reinhardt orders the remaining engines to maximum power. Maximillian gives Reinhardt an aside glance indicating he thinks this is a bad idea. Sure enough, this strains the ''Cygnus'' beyond her limits, and she begins to break apart under the stress.]]
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123	[[/folder]]
124
125	[[folder:Maximillian]]
126	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/disney_black_hole.jpg]]
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128	An experimental droid built by Dr. Reinhardt. It serves as the Master-At-Arms for the ''Cygnus''.
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130	* AdaptationalVillainy: While he’s a kill the heroes villain in the film itself, the novelization reveals that he is the one who destroyed the rebellion that Kate’s father started and had seized control over the robots to turn the remaining crew members into nothing more than robotic shells that are forced to do Reinhardt’s bidding.
131	* CyberCyclops: In order to make it more ominous.
132	* DeathGlare: Gives off quite a few of these, evidenced by his red eye ominously pulsating at whoever his stare is fixed at.
133	* DoAnythingRobot: It can deploy various tools, usually lethal.
134	* TheDragon: For Reinhardt. [[spoiler: Reinhardt tries to act as if he's gone DragonAscendant in order to seem innocent, but it's clearly a bald-faced lie.]]
135	* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler:Reinhardt is mortally wounded when his bridge falls on him, but Maximillian leaves him to confront the heroes as the final obstacle.]]
136	* TheDreaded: Everyone's wary of him, and even his creator may be afraid of him. V.I.N.CENT. claims not to be but that's likely bravado.
137	* FusionDance: [[spoiler:In the end he is merged with Reinhardt, and is last seen surveying a hellish landscape.]]
138	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He attempts to latch onto and shock V.I.N.CENT, but this only gives the smaller robot the perfect opening to drill into Max's chest and beat him.]]
139	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Maximillian killed Durant with a weaponized drill through his chest. V.I.N.CENT returns the favor with his own repair drill into Maximillian's chest]].
140	* KillerRobot: He's a little ''too'' eager to deploy his whirling blades on targets.
141	* RageHelm: Maximillian has a bright red eye with a furrowing brow sculpted/painted above it, making it look like he's permanently scowling.
142	* RedEyesTakeWarning: It's kind of one eye, but it stays red the whole time.
143	* SilentSnarker: Several of the aside glances he gives to Reinhardt indicate that he would be a ServileSnarker if he had been programmed to speak. When Reinhardt is in "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong" mode, Max gives the good doctor a look that seems to suggest "Don't tempt fate, dude." [[spoiler:And when the bridge starts falling apart, he turns to Reinhardt again, as if to say "I told you so."]]
144	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Leaves Reinhardt to die, ignoring his pleas for help. [[spoiler: He only comes back for him in order to [[FusionDance merge with him in the black hole]], acting equally as life-support and a prison for his master.]]
145	* TheVoiceless: Maximillian does not appear to be programmed to speak. The general implication is that he is networked to the Sentry Robots, while also having a neural link with Reinhardt similar to the one Kate has to V.I.N.CENT. As such he is able to communicate at a rate much faster than human speech.
146	[[/folder]]
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148	[[folder:B.O.B.]]
149	!!LF-28 (Bio-Sanitation Battalion)
150	[[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/old_b_o_b_screencap_07.jpg]]
151	%%[[caption-width-right:275:some caption text]]
152	->'''Voiced by:''' Slim Pickens
153	->''"I'm the last one. These upstarts think I'm some old freak!"''
154	An earlier model of Labor Force droid, '''LF-28''' was built in Houston, Texas and assigned to the ''Cygnus'' as a janitor and maintenance technician. Well-liked by the original crew, who named him B.O.B., since the creation of Maximillian and the Sentry Robots he has languished in storage.
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156	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: The villains underestimate or ignore him until he takes out several of sentry robots.
157	-->'''B.O.B.:''' First fighting I've done in thirty years! I [[TemptingFate just wish]] it'd been Reinhardt and [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Maximillian]] out there!
158	* FunWithAcronyms: His name stands for [=BiO=]-sanitation Battalion.
159	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Fatally wounded by Maximillian in the final battle.]]
160	* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qNImL96rno A somber tune.]]
161	* TinCanRobot: Albeit an extremely battered version.
162	[[/folder]]
163
164	[[folder:S.T.A.R.]]
165	!!Captain S.T.A.R.
166	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/star_7.jpg]]
167	%%[[caption-width-right:250:some caption text]]
168	->'''Played by:''' Tom [=McLoughlin=]
169	A military droid who served as the original Master-At-Arms for the ''Cygnus'' before Reinhardt created Maximillian. He is the prototype for the Sentry Robots.
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171	* CheatersNeverProsper: Bumps B.O.B. to throw him off his shot. V.I.N.CENT. richochets a shot into his chest, then [[DefeatEqualsExplosion makes him blow a fuse]].
172	* DarkIsEvil: The regular Sentry Robots are all [[PaletteSwap Palette Swaps]] of him, but S.T.A.R. is distinguishable by his black color scheme.
173	* FunWithAcronyms: His name stands for Special Troop, Arms Regiment.
174	* GunsAkimbo: Wields two blaster pistols simultaneously.
175	* GunTwirling: Does this after successfully neutralizing a target.
176	* SoreLoser: He literally blows a fuse when V.I.N.CENT beats him in a shooting competition.
177	-->'''V.I.N.CENT:''' If there's one thing I cannot stand, it's a sore loser.

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