Line #46 Characters/Slither


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5	[[folder:Bill]]
6	!!Sheriff William "Bill" Pardy
7	->'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion
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9	%%* TheChewToy
10	%%* DeadpanSnarker
11	* {{Expy}}: Of Paul Linke's character Sheriff Bruce Smith of ''Film/MotelHell'', due to their roles as brown-haired and seemingly meek and mild-mannered sheriffs who both happened to be protagonists of horror comedy B-movies and are both a naive IdiotHero in a way. Also, of Jack Burton from ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' in that his plans mostly fail and it is up to other characters to cause damage to the killer slugs.
12	%%* MadeOfIron
13	* OhCrap: When he finds an infected deer eating human corpses in the police station.
14	-->''"Fuck me."''
15	%%* TookALevelInBadass
16	* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: To Starla.
17	%%* VitriolicBestBuds
18	[[/folder]]
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20	[[folder:Starla]]
21	!!Starla Grant
22	->'''Played By:''' Creator/ElizabethBanks
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24	* ActionGirl: Starla is able to hold her own against the alien-zombie hordes just as well as rest of the sheriff's department.
25	* BadassTeacher: She teaches at Earl Basset Community School and can kick serious alien-zombie ass.
26	* BewareTheNiceOnes: A charming, kind-hearted, well-mannered, and loving wife and woman in general, but don't let that fool you. If you're an alien-zombie trying to eat/infect her friends or any other person, Starla will throw that aside to take you out.
27	-->[[spoiler: (''Starla decapitates an alien-zombie who was chasing the gang down with a shovel'')]] '''[=MacReady=]:''' Bitch is hardcore!
28	* BreakTheCutie: From her beloved husband's body and personality warp and deteriorate and not being able to help, to watching [[spoiler:Brenda explode]]... poor Starla's been through a lot.
29	* GoldDigger: Strongly averted. Despite Starla's initial life of destitution and her childhood dream of becoming a big [[AccidentalPun Hollywood star]], she truly loves her husband for who he is and strives to be the best wife possible for him.
30	* HotTeacher: In her introductory scene, her students are shown leering at her body. One of them even draws her nude in a notebook.
31	* MaleGaze: As stated above, most of the male students in her class gawk at Starla's body and a few scenes in the movie have the camera focus on her backside.
32	* MeaningfulName: The name "Starla" is an amalgamation of "Star" and "Carla". Later on in the movie, we learn that Starla had huge dreams of becoming a famous movie star ([[AccidentalPun get it?]]) and planned to run away [[spoiler:but not before asking Bill to come with her to be her bodyguard]], hence the "star" portion of her name. Whereas in German the name "Carla" means "free woman" or "warrior". [[spoiler: both which Starla reluctantly becomes.]]
33	* MsFanService: From her colorful sweaters and skirts to her white night gown to her brown leather jacket and jeans, Starla is always seen in clothes that hug her shapely figure.
34	* RagsToRiches: One of the crossing guards and Bill [[MrExposition tells an officer]] that Starla was raised in a poverty-stricken town with a [[ParentalAbandonment mother who walked out on her]] and a [[AlcoholicParent drunkard for a father]]. Now, Starla lives in a [[BigFancyHouse large country house]] and is [[DownPlayedTrope happily married to a good man]].
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37	[[folder:Jack]]
38	!!Mayor Jackson "Jack" [=McReady=]
39	->'''Played By:''' Creator/GreggHenry
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41	* BerserkButton: Has a good number of them, but his already-thin patience finally breaks when the Mr. Pibb runs out.
42	-->'''[=McReady=]:''' "Where is the Mr. Pibb? I told your secretary to pack Mr. Pibb. It's the only Coke I like. Goddamn Brenda exploding like a water balloon, worms driving my friends around like they're goddamn skin-cars, people are spitting acid at me, turning you into cottage cheese, ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and now there's no fucking goddamn Mr. Pibb]]''!"
43	* LargeHam: Gregg Henry is enjoying himself immensely. Jack is a very exuberant, melodramatic fellow. Well, he ''is'' a politician.
44	* MayorPain: Averted. While he’s loud, abrasive, and extremely profane, he harasses Bill to get him to solve the case rather than cover it up.
45	* MercyKill: He begs Pardy to end his misery when a tumor forms on his neck, thus he [[BoomHeadshot shoots his brains out]].
46	* NobleBigot: He uses casually offensive and politically incorrect language, but he doesn't treat a 'lesbo' any differently.
47	* SirSwearsALot: All of his scenes contain a lot of swearing.
48	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The man really likes his Mr. Pibb. And when he realizes they didn't bring any with them, he flies off the handle. This is ''after'' Brenda dies and people start getting infected with the worms, [[SkewedPriorities by the way]].
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51	[[folder:Grant]]
52	!!Grantham "Grant" Grant
53	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelRooker
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55	* CrazyJealousGuy: Kept under control when he was still human, becomes truly "crazy" when he becomes The Long One. It has been suggested that this transformation is a metaphor for the transition from a jealous and controlling husband to a truly abusive one.
56	* EveryoneHasStandards: Stays [[SeductionProofMarriage faithful to his marriage]] despite being drunk and frustrated at how much of a SexlessMarriage it's been lately. He's also visibly disturbed when Brenda tells him that she would have been "game" if he'd paid any attention to her back when he was courting Starla...[[FilleFatale back when she was ten years old or so]].
57	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a gruff man, but with some pleasantry to people and a deep sense of affection for his wife.
58	* PatientZero: He's the first who gets inflected by the alien parasite and carries on its invasion plan.
59	* RepetitiveName: His nickname makes his full name one of these.
60	* TooDumbToLive: He decides to poke some weird looking creature that lets out a threatening clicking noise. Justified, as he was drunk at the moment and not in the right state of mind.
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63	[[folder:Kylie]]
64	!!Kylie Strutemyer
65	->'''Played By:''' Tania Saulnier
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67	* ActionSurvivor: She's not much of a fighter compared to Starla, but she ''is'' resourceful and quick on her feet
68	* BigSisterInstinct: Even with slugs approaching fast, she lingers to break down a locked door in a failed effort to help her sisters.
69	* BreakTheCutie: While it's not delved into as much as Starla's heartbreak, Kylie '''really''' gets put through the wringer [[FridgeHorror in hindsight.]] Getting chased and attacked by an unidentified homicidal alien [[spoiler:and it flashing apocalyptic visions of the worlds it conquered and the women it tried to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil impregnate]] (one of them being [[BrainBleach your teacher)]] and watching your family turn into [[TechnicallyLivingZombie brainless, cannibalistic monsters who chase you down to eat you]]]] [[spoiler: [[FauxAffablyEvil while pretending to be your loving family]]]] is traumatizing for '''anyone''', '''especially''' a teenage girl.
70	* FanDisservice: She's naked in the bathtub when the slugs attack her family, even showing a glimpse of her nipple as she scrambles out to escape the one trying to crawl inside her mouth, but it's played purely for horror.
71	* MadeOfIron: During the final confrontation, Grant throws a ''couch'' at her, apparently sandwiching her between that and the wall with violence. And yet, she comes out of it unharmed, only holding her right arm which then works fine.
72	* MentalFusion: When she inadvertently bites down on one of Parasite Grant's slugs while it's trying to worm inside her, she's given a glimpse of his past conquests and his plans for Earth.
73	* MsExposition: Due to the MentalFusion, she's the one who explains Grant's motivations.
74	* NiceGirl: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her smacking a classmate she sees drawing an offensive, nude picture of Starla.
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77	[[folder:Wally]]
78	!!Walter "Wally" Whale
79	->'''Played By:''' Don Thompson
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81	* AlliterativeName: '''W'''alter '''W'''hale.
82	* FatBestFriend: To Bill.
83	* ShipperOnDeck: He teasingly urges Bill to let Starla know how he feels.
84	* VitriolicBestBuds: With Bill. They're great friends, as evidenced by their insulting of each other.
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87	[[folder:Brenda]]
88	!!Brendadetta "Brenda" Gutierrez
89	->'''Played By:''' Brenda James
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91	* BalloonBelly: At first, her stomach grows to an unhealthy, but certainly possible degree. Later on, she is discovered in a barn with her [[spoiler:entire body being spherical]].
92	* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:What Grant does to her is truly horrific.]]
93	* FilleFatale: Brenda is an adult at the time the movie takes place, but hints that she used to be one of these, or at least would have been willing to be if it would have landed her Grant as a husband. Grant is understandably disturbed.
94	* HorrorHunger: After [[spoiler:Grant infects her, turning her into a breeder for the parasites]], she becomes endlessly hungry. She only eats raw meat and even ''dead animals''.
95	* PopGoesTheHuman: [[spoiler:Explodes violently and messily, unleashing hundreds of parasites]].
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98	[[folder:Shelby]]
99	!!Shelby Cunningham
100	->'''Played By:''' Jenna Fischer
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102	* GirlFriday: The somewhat reliable sheriff's station secretary.
103	* InnocentlyInsensitive: She calls Bill telling him his mom is complaining about the plumbing (and blaming it on how much he used the toilet when he visited her) right as Bill is sitting next to Starla, trying to flirt.
104	* PinkMeansFeminine: She has a pink sweater.
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107	[[folder:Margaret]]
108	!!Margaret Hooper
109	->'''Played By:''' Jennifer Copping
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111	* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:She's a lesbian, and dies. To be fair, pretty much everyone but Bill, Starla, and Kylie die and she lasts longer than the other deputies.]]
112	* VasquezAlwaysDies: She's not that feminine compared to Starla, (and is a lesbian). The trope is [[spoiler:played straight]] and [[spoiler:Margaret dies.]]
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115	[[folder:Trevor]]
116	!!Trevor Carpenter
117	->'''Played By:''' Haig Sutherland
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119	* CluelessDeputy: He picks up potential evidence and suggests carrying a toy squid door to door to show people rather than try to make a sketch of Grant's new appearance.
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122	[[folder:Toruner]]
123	!!Tourner
124	->'''Played By:''' Tom Heaton
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126	* STDImmunity: Averted, he comments that Grant' mutation makes him look like "something that fell off my dick in the war."
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129	[[folder:Charlie]]
130	!!Charlie
131	->'''Played By:''' Ben Cotton
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133	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He races up at a mutated Grant, holds him at gunpoint and demands he tell them where the girl he took is.
134	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Grant bisects him from head to crotch.]]
135	[[/folder]]
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137	[[folder:The Long One]]
138	!!AKA: Parasite Grant
139	->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelRooker, Don Thompson
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141	* AliensAreBastards: Wants to assimilate the entire universe into his being, killing all other life in the process.
142	* BadassBoast: Gets in a good one when he explains his OmnicidalManiac motive to Starla at the climax:
143	-->'''Long One:''' "I'll keep growing till I'm everywhere, till I'm ''all'' that is!"
144	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Before moving on to humans, the alien kidnaps and kills the town's pet dogs, cats, farm animals, and some wild ones.
145	* BaldOfEvil: After infecting the bald Grant Grant.
146	* BigBad: The alien menace that seeks to infect everyone in the town.
147	* BodyHorror: He does his best to keep his host Grant together, but his own biology is against him and soon he distorts into a revolting tentacular creature.
148	* CameFromTheSky: It crashes down to Earth inside a small meteorite.
149	* CatchPhrase: The Long One tends to greet people with, "Hey there, killer", which seems inherited from Grant.
150	* CombatTentacles: As an EldritchAbomination with many tentacles and appendages, these are his main weapons for a direct fight. He can whip a person splitting them in two, has two tentacles that end into stings which he uses to turn people into slug incubators, and in his final form the tentacles prove to be strong enough to lift a sofa and throw it against the opponent.
151	* CrazyJealousGuy: Grant was prone to jealousy, and as The Long One inherited his memories, this trait manifests tenfold.
152	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite being a Omnicidal Maniac, he slowly starts to care about Starla and even fell in love with her and resists the urge to infect her like he did with the others. When she is about to shoot the gas tank that is brought over to him by Bill, he doesn't snarl at her or even try to attack her, instead just looking at her with a sad look on his face as she does it.
153	* HiveMind: He directly controls every living thing he's infected.
154	* ImAHumanitarian: The Long One eats meat, any and all meat.
155	* InflatingBodyGag: Downplayed. Pardy avoids being turned into a slug incubator by ramming the other tentacled sting to a propane tank and turning it on, sending bulges of gas into The Long One and making him roar as a sack of his body painfully fills with propane.
156	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: His mouth on the more mutated right side of his face is distorted into something of a monstrous smile with a myriad of ScaryTeeth.
157	* NonMaliciousMonster: It's implied that it has never encountered anything with the emotional range and mind of humanity, and, while horrifying, is simply fulfilling it's species natural instincts, only coming across as an OmnicidalManiac ''because'' it now has enough sentience to describe and know what said instincts are.
158	* OmnicidalManiac: He jumps from planet to planet, infecting and devouring entire ecosystems. It's what he intends to do on Earth.
159	* OrificeInvasion: How he infects others.
160	* ParasitesAreEvil: When it merges with Grant Grant's mind at the beginning of the story, the resulting monster not only murders pets across the town for their meat, violently impregnates Brenda, and infests just about everyone in town with the brain slugs, but also demonstrates the very worst of Grant's attitude problems: jealousy, controlling tendencies, and a vicious temper.
161	* PlanetaryParasite: He takes over a planet, infects everyone until they change into a super-organism, then launches seeds at a planet to repeat the cycle.
162	* TentacledTerror: Very much so. It has a great many tentacles which it can even use to bifurcate people.
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