Line #187 Characters/BladeRunnerReplicants


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4	The {{Artificial Human}}s known as Replicants.
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6	[[foldercontrol]]
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8	[[folder:Replicants in General]]
9	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/replicants_5.png]]
10
11	->''"Early in the 21st Century, the Tyrell Corporation advanced robot evolution into the Nexus phase -- a being virtually identical to a human, known as a Replicant..."''
12	-->-- '''OpeningNarration of''' ''Film/BladeRunner''
13
14	Replicants (production series name "Nexus") are bioengineered androids invented by Eldon Tyrell. They are virtually identical to adult humans, but have superior strength, speed, agility and resilience. They also have intelligence to varying degrees, depending on the model and its capacity to learn and develop it.
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16	* AmbiguouslyHuman: Often don't know themselves if they're human or not and fans have debated for years about which Blade Runner characters are actually replicants.
17	* ArtificialHumans: They can be considered both artificial beings created to be as human as possible and vice versa.
18	* BornAsAnAdult: All Replicants seen in the series were artificially engineered to be adult workers as soon as they are prepared.
19	* BornIntoSlavery: They are conceived to be slaves, and come to life as such.
20	* {{Cyborg}}: Their bodies are mostly biological, but they also seem to have circuitry in their heads, and their bone marrow might be non-natural as well.
21	* FantasticRacism: They are seen as dangerous by humans. "Skin-job" is a common insult for them.
22	* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Nexus-9 Replicants are supposed to be completely loyal to humans. In reality, like the past gen Replicants, they can develop either empathy or psychopathy and their own agenda with enough time.
23	* HumanOutsideAlienInside: The books say the only way to physically tell the difference between a human and a replicant is to examine the bone marrow. The films leave ambiguous how alien inside they are, although it's stated it's needed a lot of forensics work to determine if a corpse was a human or a replicant.
24	* InhumanableAlienRights: The replicants are allowed to be shot on sight.
25	* LackOfEmpathy:
26	** Their distinguishing feature. The Voight-Kampff test involves asking the subject pointed questions and gauging their emotional response. Ultimately, however, it's revealed that Replicants really do learn to empathize. Tyrell suggests that the reason for their limited lifespan is because if they lived too long they'd be indistinguishable from human beings. This is one of the biggest apparent diversions from the original book, in which Replicants are stated to have no empathy whatsoever and are compared to humanity's own growing lack of empathy; however, given Irmgard Baty's reaction to Isidore's FreakOut over a dead spider amongst other events depicted in the book, this is commonly considered an example of UnreliableNarrator and UnreliableExpositor.
27	** On the other hand, the Nexus-9 Replicants conceived by Niander Wallace completely lack of empathy. [[spoiler:Or so it seems, given Luv's reactions at times.]]
28	* ManChild: While the Nexus-6 models are adults both physically and mentally, they're still very childlike in their emotions, be it Pris's very whimsical behavior or Roy basically having a temper tantrum when [[spoiler:meeting Tyrell and killing his "father".]]
29	* MeaningfulName: As in "replicas" of human beings.
30	* MeatSackRobot: They have flesh, blood and bones. However, they also seem to have circuits in the head, as heard when Rachael shoots Leon Kowalski in the head, which are presumably the cause of their supposedly inhuman mindset.
31	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Replicants are almost perfect in resemblance to regular humans, to the point where only a psychological test (or markings on the eyes for later models) can detect them without a forensics test.
32	* ServantRace: Replicants are explicitly created to perform the jobs humans don't want to perform. The Nexus-9 is programmed to not have any sense of rebelliousness.
33	* ShortLivedOrganism: Most replicants are deliberately engineered to have three-year lifespans (they are "born" fully physically matured) so that, even if they start contemplating a rebellion, none of them would have the time to actually put it in motion. The film's protagonist hunts one such rebellious group nearing the end of their respective lifespans and eventually witnesses their leader abruptly die in front of him as his time literally runs out.
34	* SuperStrength:
35	** Nexus-6 Replicants are built to be far more durable and stronger than human beings, at the cost of a reduced lifespan. In the climax, Roy Batty lifts up Deckard's entire body weight using only one hand [[spoiler:to save Deckard's life]].
36	** The following lines of Replicants (at the very least the Nexus-8 and Nexus-9 lines) retain such strength, but with the advantage of a much longer lifespan. This doesn't save some of the Nexus-8 Replicants from being lynched, however.
37	* SuperToughness: Another feature that comes with them, at least with the Nexus-9 line as demonstrated by K being able to take being punched in the face by Deckard like it's nothing. Roy himself, despite dying as he fought Deckard, wasn't as badly injured as you would expect, when Deckard was wailing on him with a metal pipe.
38	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Played with in an ironic way with the TwoGirlsToATeam from the first film. Pris is a pleasure model, a traditionally female occupation, while Zhora was designed to kill, which is historically more associated to males. However, in their peak scenes in the film, Zhora is working as an exotic dancer while Pris is trying to kill Deckard. Their respective roles could be switched and the narrative would make even more sense than before.
39	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Angry over their servitude (and over their intentionally limited lifespan for the Nexus-6 models).
40	* UndyingLoyalty: This is the main feature Wallace touts about his Nexus-9 line of Replicants. [[spoiler:Turns out even they can outgrow that line of programming.]]
41	[[/folder]]
42
43	!!2019
44
45	[[folder:Roy Batty]]
46	!!Roy Batty
47	[[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blade-runner-1982-18-g_6064.jpg]]
48	[[caption-width-right:249: ''"I've...seen things you people wouldn't believe..."'']]
49	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RutgerHauer
50	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''
51
52	->''"Quite an experience to live in fear isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave."''
53
54	Roy Batty is the leader of a rebellious group of Nexus-6 Replicants and the main antagonist of the first film. He is highly intelligent, fast, and skilled at combat, and yet still learning how to deal with developing emotions. With an A Physical Level (superhuman strength and endurance) and an A Mental Level (genius-level intellect), he is probably the most dangerous of all the fugitive replicants. He is a combat model, used off-world for military service. He and five other replicants come to Earth, hoping to find a way to lengthen their life span.
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56	* AdaptationalNameChange: A very minor one; he was Roy Baty with one T in ''Electric Sheep''.
57	* AffablyEvil[=/=]FauxAffablyEvil: Roy has a charming, philosophical exterior, but his charm can give way to a terrible capacity for violence at times. His affability for other Replicants [[spoiler:and Deckard, at the very end,]] is always genuine. His affability for humans like Chew, Tyrell, and Sebastian, is... [[ColdBloodedTorture not.]]
58	* AlasPoorVillain: His dying words to Deckard after saving his life, one of the most famous monologues in film history.
59	* AmbiguouslyHuman: ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' has another version of him show up, claiming to be the human that the replicants were based on. We never find out if he was telling the truth or not.
60	* AnimalMotifs: Wolves (his howling and stalking of Deckard in the climax) and doves (his final scene).
61	* AntiVillain: He's a violent murderer, but he's also an escaped slave who just wants to be able to live his life in peace. His victims are employees of the corporation that created him. In the original ending, Deckard speculates that [[spoiler:Roy spared his life for no other reason than Roy's love for life. Though the canonicity of the voice-over is heavily debatable as it's been removed in subsequent versions of the film, most notably the Director's Cut. Another suggestion is that Batty's real motivation for the rescue is the desire for his life to be remembered.]]
62	* BadassLongcoat: He has a trenchcoat of his own to rival Deckard's, black leather as opposed to Deckard's brown, fitting his status as Deckard's {{foil}}.
63	* BigBad: Roy's ruthless quest for a greater lifespan is what triggers and drives the plot of the film.
64	* ClonesArePeopleToo: He wants more ''life'' ...Father.
65	* ColdBloodedTorture: To Chew, Tyrell, and Deckard. [[spoiler:He kills Tyrell, but spares Deckard. It's not clear if Chew survives.]]
66	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Realising that he can't escape death is devastating for Roy, driving him to murder Tyrell in a fit of rage. By the end of the film, however, he's recovered enough that he can {{face death with dignity}}.]]
67	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Roy's character arc gets just as much focus as Deckard's story.
68	* DoAndroidsDream: He convinces Tyrell he's just as intelligent as he is, but Tyrell tells him as sympathetically as possible that there's nothing he can do to prolong his life.
69	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Roy is distraught over the deaths of Leon and Zhora, and genuinely loves Pris.
70	* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He calmly accepts his impending death and gives Deckard some parting words of wisdom.]]
71	-->'''Roy:''' [[spoiler:All those moments will be lost in time... like tears... in rain. Time to die.]]
72	* FinalSpeech: One of the most famous ever: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..."
73	* FlashStep: Tied into his agility, Roy was able to evade being shot by Deckard with his Blaster. He was also quick enough to evade Deckard shooting at him through a wall, without really knowing where Deckard was in relation to his position.
74	* {{Foil}}: To Deckard. They both simultaneously struggle with a lack of humanity (Roy's status as a [[ArtificialHuman Replicant]] and the dehumanising nature of Deckard's job as a Blade Runner) and very human flaws (Roy's fear of death and Deckard's [[ShellShockedVeteran trauma]] over the brutality of what he does). Roy is charismatic and powerful, but childlike in some ways, whereas Deckard is outmatched by the Replicants, but much more emotionally mature. Their character arcs mirror each other throughout the film as both commit questionable, but understandable acts, and in the end, they both manage to reach a catharsis as a result of their conflict, with Roy discovering his humanity around the same time that Deckard rediscovers his own. Their appearances also strongly contrast each other (Roy's platinum-blond hair and black leather coat as opposed to Deckard's brown hair and brown trenchcoat), especially at the climax, which features a nearly-naked and flawless Roy and a battered and bloody Deckard.
75	* GeniusBruiser: Both the smartest of the renegade Replicants and also very strong and agile.
76	* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Roy was ''made'' to kill and does so expertly and remorselessly. It's in his last few minutes of life where he [[spoiler:forgoes murdering Deckard to avenge his friends and contemplates moments of beauty instead of violence]] does he truly free himself from his intended station in life.
77	* {{Hypocrite}}: He ruthlessly uses up and eliminates those around him to achieve his aims, much like the corporations who made and enslaved him.
78	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like all of the Replicants, his goal is just to live a normal life instead of being a slave and dying before his time.
79	* {{Irony}}: His quest for "more life" for himself and his friends results in their violent deaths. Roy, at the very least, gets to exit with more dignity.
80	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:[[KilledOffscreen Kills J.F. Sebastian offscreen]] after the latter [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]].]]
81	* LastDance: How he treats stalking Deckard, knowing he's dying.
82	-->'''Roy:''' You better get it up, or I'm gonna have to kill ya. Unless you're alive, you can't play, and if you don't play...
83	* ManipulativeBastard: He's very clever at using people for his own ends: Chew, Sebastian, and he tries hard to convince Tyrell to help him, but it doesn't work.
84	* MessianicArchetype: Roy is a very complicated mix of Lucifer and Jesus - descending from the sky to free the people, in ''spite'' of his godlike creator and "father", Tyrell. Then if you didn't get it already, his final scene has him clutching a pure white dove [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything while he has nails driven through his palms.]]
85	* NominalHero: In a very loose sense, he is this for the Replicants. Roy and his gang are escaped slaves from deep space. The Blade Runners are bounty hunters who get money for gunning them down. A Blade Runner protagonist makes for an uneasy moral setting at best.
86	* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:Murders his "father", Dr. Tyrell, in a fit of rage and despair after realising that his quest for more life is doomed to failure.]]
87	* TheProblemWithFightingDeath: Roy's entire character arc comes from his struggle to escape an untimely death, [[spoiler:but all his efforts come to naught.]]
88	* PungeonMaster: Roy seems to enjoy wordplay.
89	-->'''Roy:''' If only you could see what I see with your eyes.
90	* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Kills Tyrell after being told by his creator that there's no way to have a longer lifespan.]]
91	* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Under Roy Batty's guidance, Sebastian [[SurpriseCheckmate checkmates]] Tyrell in two moves.
92	* TheSpock: He normally controls his emotions very well, though he does fly into a rage at Tyrell, and has a emotional attachment to Pris.
93	* SuperStrength: Strong enough to lift Deckard with one arm, at least. And [[spoiler:[[HeadCrushing crush Tyrell's head]]. This would've been an effortless gesture, but Roy was not only experiencing the slow onset of his death, he was also taking his time to do so.]]
94	* TragicVillain: All he and his gang want is to have normal lifespans and be free, but they can't have either.
95	* {{Transhuman}}: Being an artificial human who's been engineered to be better than the real thing.
96	* {{Ubermensch}}: He was intentionally created to be one, with a genius-level intellect. Philip K. Dick himself said Rutger Hauer was "the perfect Batty -- cold, Aryan, flawless." Batty naturally becomes the leader of the escaped replicants.
97	* VillainsDyingGrace: [[spoiler:Roy's final acts in life are to save Deckard's life and give a monologue about his amazing experiences and lamenting that the memory of them will die with him.]]
98	* VillainousBreakdown: His meeting with Tyrell sets Roy off on an extended fit of existential angst; he spends the climax simultaneously despairing over his inevitable demise, mourning his dead lover and friends, and sadistically hounding Deckard. [[spoiler:In the end, he manages to regain enough stability to save Deckard and face death with grace and some beautiful last words.]]
99	* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler:Saves Deckard's life at the end just before he dies.]]
100	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Roy's hair is bleached blonde, and he's a manipulative killer.
101	[[/folder]]
102
103	[[folder:Priscilla "Pris" Stratton]]
104	!!Priscilla "Pris" Stratton
105	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hanna-1_7926.jpg]]
106	[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Then we're stupid, we'll all die."'']]
107	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DarylHannah
108	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''
109
110	->''"I think, Sebastian, therefore I am."''
111
112	A "basic pleasure model" Nexus-6 Replicant, Pris is Roy Batty's girlfriend. At an A Physical Level, she is shown to have superhuman endurance (as in the scene where she grabs a boiling egg with her bare hand without harm). Her B Mental Level puts her at a lower intellectual level than Roy, around human average.
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114	* AdaptationalDyeJob: Was an exact copy of Rachael in ''Electric Sheep'' and both were dark-haired.
115	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The non-canonical novel ''Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human'' says that she was actually an insane human who just thought she was a replicant. This is public knowledge and [[spoiler:Deckard is wanted for murder.]]
116	* DarkActionGirl: The villainous equivalent of Rachael, but more active.
117	* DeathCryEcho: She has a seizure and screams uncontrollably (with actual echoes in the building) when dying after being shot by Deckard.
118	* DecoyDamsel: Uses her attractiveness on [[spoiler:Sebastian]] to convince him to get [[spoiler:Roy]] past Tyrell's security so he can meet him. [[spoiler:Although Roy later kills both Tyrell and a crying, guilt-ridden Sebastian once the bargain is complete.]]
119	* TheDragon: Deckard has to fight her before he encounters Roy.
120	* EightiesHair: She looks like she belongs in an 80s rock band.
121	* FemmeFatale: She seduces Sebastian into letting her and Roy stay at his apartment, then they end up murdering him.
122	* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Subverted. Pris is a "basic pleasure model" and uses her skills to win over JF. [[spoiler:However, it's a ruse to gain access to Tyrell.]]
123	* MurderousThighs: She tries to choke Deckard with her legs in one scene.
124	* OnlyOneName: Her last name isn't spoken.
125	* {{Sexbot}}: She's essentially a robot sex slave.
126	* SheFu: She's good at gymnastics and uses some acrobatic moves during her fight with Deckard, pummeling him before [[spoiler:she gives him an opening to shoot her]].
127	* SignificantBirthDate: She's a "pleasure model" who was "born" on Valentine's Day.
128	* SparedByTheAdaptation: In ''The Edge of Human'', Sebastian was able to fix her somehow even though that same book says she's actually human.
129	* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: In ''Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep'', Pris and Rachael were identical androids of the same model; here they have no connection to each other beyond both being replicants.
130	[[/folder]]
131
132	[[folder:Leon Kowalski]]
133	!!Leon Kowalski
134	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leon_kowalski.jpg]]
135	[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Wake up! Time to die!"'']]
136	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BrionJames
137	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''
138
139	->''"Painful to live in fear isn't it?! Nothing is worse than having an itch you can never scratch!"''
140
141	Leon Kowalski is a Nexus-6 Replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. He has an A physical level, which enables him to have superhuman strength and endurance (according to the Final Cut he was used as a 180 kg/400 lb nuclear-head loader in the outer space colonies as well as a front-line soldier). Leon is classified mental level C, meaning he doesn't have the speed of thought that the other Replicants do when it comes to solving problems.
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143	* AvengingTheVillain: He tries to avenge [[spoiler:Zhora's]] death.
144	* AxCrazy: Much more violent and impulsive than his fellow replicants are.
145	* BadassLongcoat: Wears one just like Roy does.
146	* BeardOfEvil: He has a short goatee.
147	* BloodlessCarnage: When he's [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] by Rachael, it just shows the hole in the front of his head, with no blood. Whether this is an effect of the ammo or Leon's own physical build is unknown.
148	* BoomHeadshot: Dispatched with a shot from Deckard's HandCannon, [[ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind by Rachael.]]
149	* TheBrute: The biggest and probably the strongest replicant of Roy's gang, but also clearly the least intelligent.
150	* DumbMuscle:
151	** He was built for manual labor. During the briefing sequence, he's even given stats: Physical A, Mental C, making him the least intelligent of the Replicants appearing in the film. He displays SuperStrength on a few occasions. The script also called for him to do a CeilingCling, but it was left out.
152	** His limited mental capacity is most noticeable in the opening Voight-Kampff testing scene. Whereas most Replicants require twenty to thirty questions to identify, Leon gives himself away with the very first.
153	* EyePoke: Attempts this on Deckard by trying to [[EyeScream shove his fingers through his eyesockets]] and into his brain. Fortunately for Deckard, Rachael picks up his blaster and shoots Leon in the head in the nick of time.
154	* HiddenDepths: His final philosophical monologue to Deckard implies he's a bit smarter than people or his fellow Replicants take him for.
155	** Leon's "precious photos" and homicidal reaction to [[spoiler:Zhora's]] death indicate that he - and Replicants in general - are not just artificial creations but empathetic beings little different from humans.
156	* NoSell: During his fight with Deckard, Deckard throws a punch at his face, only for him to completely shrug it off.
157	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives a good beating to Deckard.
158	* PsychopathicManchild: His low intelligence and the nonsensical quips he gives during his fight with Deckard give him shades of this, as does his violent reaction when his Voight-Kampff test goes wrong.
159	* SuperStrength: He was designed to carry heavy loads and fight at the front, and easily throws and slaps Deckard around like a ragdoll. He also punches a hole into a metal container with no indication that it harmed his hand in any way.
160	* UnstoppableRage: In his fight with Deckard. He gives him a serious beating before Rachael retires him.
161	[[/folder]]
162
163	[[folder:Zhora Salome]]
164	!!Zhora Salome
165	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhora.jpg]]
166	[[caption-width-right:250: ''"Do you think I'd be working in a place like this if I could afford a real snake?"'']]
167	!!!'''Played By:''' Joanna Cassidy
168	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/BladeRunner''
169
170	->''"How do you mean 'exploited'?"''
171
172	Zhora is a Nexus-6 Replicant who came to Earth with five others looking to extend their lives. She has an A physical level and B mental level, just like Pris. She was originally used in murder squads, though she keeps a job as exotic dancer by the time Deckard comes for her.
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174	* AdaptationalJobChange: The Spanish dub changed her background from a murder squad to an ''arrest'' squad. This might stem from a mistranslation of the term due to lack of context: the translators probably interpreted "murder squad" as a team entasked with capturing murderers, like a department of homicide detectives, rather than a government-sponsored death squad, as it was meant to be in the original.
175	* AdaptationalNameChange: Called Luba Luft in ''Electric Sheep''.
176	* AlasPoorVillain: Zhora's death by being shot in the back while running from Deckard is depicted in a sad rather than triumphant way, and even Deckard doesn't look particularly proud of himself. It helps audience sympathy that she wasn't doing anything actively villainous when he found her, just blending in.
177	* CombatPragmatist: Tries to choke Deckard out using his own tie, and after failing runs away to try to live another day.
178	* DeadpanSnarker: When Deckard, posing as a member of a committee on "moral abuses" asks Zhora if she has to do anything "lewd, unsavoury, or otherwise offensive to [her] person" to get her job, Zhora replies with an amused yet dry "are you for real?"
179	* {{Determinator}}: Endures the first shot from Deckard's HandGun, which goes through her chest, and still tries to resume her escape.
180	* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Zhora wears a replicant snake as a fashion accessory.
181	* InformedAbility: Her file sets her up to be a dangerous assassin. However, while she clearly has some idea of hand-to-hand fighting instead of resorting to cartwheeling around like Pris, she's also smart enough to know when to run, which cuts short any major fight scene she could have had against Deckard. At the end, since he shoots her in the back, we never get to witness her supposed killing skills.
182	* {{Irony}}: She is the only murder-oriented replicant in the team, not counting Batty, yet the only who dies [[spoiler:fleeing for her life.]]
183	* InTheBack: She's shot dead by Deckard while she is trying to run away.
184	* MsFanservice: It is even her job, as she is an exotic dancer at the time of the film.
185	* {{Sexbot}}: Downplayed: a robot exotic dancer in this case. Also subverted, because she wasn't presumably designed for such work, unless it was a part of her coverup skills as an assassin.
186	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Possibly because she's also an Empathy-less Fanservice Android, she works as a sex business dancer, with Joanna Cassidy's costume consisting basically of a few sequins. As Zhora was constructed for [[FemmeFataleSpy political assassination]], it would make sense for her to have this characteristic, as [[HoneyTrap sex is a powerful weapon]] when it comes to getting close to a (presumably straight male) target.
187	* SheFu: Averted, unlike Pris, probably because Zhora is a trained fighter and Pris is not. She uses short-range strikes and chokes.
188	* TallDarkAndSnarky: A tall, dark-haired woman with a cold attitude.
189	* TattooedCrook: She is identified by a snake tattoo in her neck.
190	[[/folder]]
191
192	!!2022
193
194	[[folder:Iggy / Cygnus]]
195	!!Iggy / Cygnus
196	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iggy_5.png]]
197	[[caption-width-right:300: ''"No Heaven or Hell for us, this world is all we got."'']]
198	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Jovan Jackson (English), Kenichiro Matsuda (Japanese)
199	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''
200
201	->''"We may live longer than old Nexus, but life doesn't mean living. I am for living, that's what we fight for."''
202
203	A Nexus-8 combat[=/=]intelligence-gathering Replicant who went rogue after a battle on the planet of Kalantha. In the ''Black Out 2022'' anime, he teams up with an unlikely pair to "even the odds" against Replicants.
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205	* BadassLongcoat: He sports a nice trenchcoat throughout the short.
206	* TheCavalry: Iggy shows up to save Trixie as she's being accosted by a group of human thugs in the back-streets of L.A. After eyeing them up for a few moments, he effortlessly dispatches them.
207	* EyeScream: The last we see of Iggy, he's striding through the wreckage and flames of the backup site, having plucked out his own eye (which identifies that he's a Replicant) and replaced it with an EyepatchOfPower.
208	* MythologyGag: He uses an Esper-enabled pair of glasses to run facial recognition on Trixie, in order to identify her. Also, the brown trenchcoat that he wears throughout the short is based on Deckard's trenchcoat.
209	* OneManArmy: Took on several Tyrell Corp Security Officers with two LAPD Blasters, without taking a single hit.
210	* UnwittingPawn: Iggy's backstory shows him fighting on the deserts of Kalantha. When he guns down a soldier from the opposing side and sees that it's a Replicant, he realizes that the government has replaced the human soldiers with synthetics, who don't know that they're fighting other synthetics. This motivates his decision to eventually go rogue and cause the blackout in 2022.
211	--> '''Iggy:''' Nothing more than toy soldiers in a sandbox.
212	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's last seen striding out of the archives (and sporting an eyepatch) as the world struggles to deal with the fallout of the blackout. By the time ''2049'' begins, he's still missing, though Lt. Joshi makes a comment that several of the Replicants who escaped Kalantha with Sapper Morton (which he was also part of) are still on the loose, leaving his fate ambiguous.
213	[[/folder]]
214
215	[[folder:Trixie]]
216	!!Trixie
217	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trixie_5.png]]
218	[[caption-width-right:300: ''"Then we're almost human."'']]
219	!!!'''Voiced By:''' Creator/LuciChristian (English), Ichiko Aoba (Japanese)
220	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts Black Out 2022]]''
221
222	->'''Trixie:''' ''"Ren, is it real?"''\
223	'''Ren:''' ''"No, of course not"''\
224	'''Trixie:''' ''"Just like me..."''
225
226	A female Nexus-8 Replicant who decides to aid Iggy in his quest to "even the odds" for Replicants, via executing a plan that will plunge Los Angeles into darkness.
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228	* DarkActionGirl: Trixie's innocent exterior belies a Replicant who can effortlessly take out an entire group of soldiers with deadly martial arts, coupled with a willingness to help Ren see his plan through by aiding Iggy at the archives.
229	* HoneyTrap: Implied, as Trixie appears to be helpless and alone the first time we see her (as the gang threatens her). In the next scene, she shows that she's more than capable of dispatching enemies, as she takes out a truck driver with [[MurderousThighs her thighs]] and late cuts down nearly all of the soldiers guarding the backup site [[OneWomanArmy on her own]].
230	* ImprovisedWeapon: When the duo reaches the archives and drive in, she uses one of the rearview mirrors from the tanker-trailer like a projectile to kill one of the soldiers.
231	* OneWomanArmy: She massacres most of the soldiers guarding the archives and backup records by herself, effortlessly killing most of them via fatal kicks and punches.
232	* RuleOfSymbolism: As she launches herself through the air during the final fight scene, Trixie witnesses a dove flying overhead. [[spoiler:She is shot in midair directly after this and crashes into a sheet of glass in a crucifixion pose]].
233	* ShoutOut: Trixie has visual and symbolic similarities to nearly all of the Replicants in the original film. She witnesses a dove flying through the air, similar to how the dove symbolized Roy Batty's death. She has acrobatic moves (and MurderousThighs) like Pris. [[spoiler:She dies by being shot in midair, also like Pris, and she crashes into a pane of glass when she dies, just like Zhora]].
234	* WaifFu: The youngest looking female Replicant in the franchise and also the most acrobatic and skilled at martial arts, outdoing Pris and Luv.
235	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Trixie is curious about love and death, asking Ren if he has any affection for her and later musing about whether Replicants will go to Heaven or Hell.
236	[[/folder]]
237
238	!!2049
239
240	[[folder:Sapper Morton]]
241	!!Sapper Morton
242	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sappermorton_2.jpg]]
243	[[caption-width-right:300: ''"You police? Plan on taking me in?"'']]
244	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DaveBautista
245	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''[[Film/BladeRunnerShorts 2048: Nowhere to Run]]'' \| ''Film/BladeRunner2049''
246
247	->''"You newer models are happy scraping the shit, because you've never seen a miracle."''
248
249	A Nexus-8 Replicant disguising himself as a human farmer.
250	----
251	* CombatPragmatist: Morton's fighting style can be summed up as "bigger, stronger, and not afraid to use it."
252	* EarlyBirdCameo: His file is watched by Gaff and his colleague in ''Black Out 2022''. Apparently he came on Earth with Iggy/Cygnus after deserting the Replicant military on the space colony of Calantha.
253	* GeniusBruiser: He reads philosophy, trying to understand "the meaning of being human" and was also a medic.
254	* GentleGiant: He is a huge and bulky Replicant, and he is very sweet and protective with a human girl and her mother in ''2048: Nowhere to Run'', regularly bringing the girl books to read.
255	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Like many Replicants who escaped servitude, he wants to live peacefully and free from human persecution.
256	* LightningBruiser: He's massive but surprisingly fast for his size as his fight with K shows.
257	* LongLived: His lifespan lasts much longer than the Nexus-6 Replicants of the first film. He was "born" in 2019 and is still around by 2049.
258	* NeckSnap: He does this to the last remaining thug in ''2048: Nowhere to Run''.
259	* NiceGuy: Sapper shows himself to be a kind and poetic soul, albeit one psychologically damaged by his past experiences.
260	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Not only does Morton's saving of the mother and daughter in ''Nowhere To Run'' lead to his confrontation with K and retirement at the beginning of ''2049'', after the beatdown Morton lays on the thugs the audience (and Morton) can clearly see that the daughter is now ''terrified'' of her erstwhile friend. [[TraumaCongaLine Rubbing salt into the wounds, much?]]
261	* NonIndicativeName: A "Sapper" is a type of [[TheEngineer combat engineer]], while Sapper Morton is actually more of a CombatMedic. Of course, it's possible he was ''designed'' to be a Sapper, with his hulking build, but chose to go a different way.
262	* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:He was one of the few people to witness what he calls a "miracle": a Replicant -- Rachael -- giving birth. Rachael was buried near a tree on his farm's land after her DeathByChildbirth in 2021. He kept this a secret ever since, knowing full well what people like Niander Wallace would do with it.]]
263	* ShellShockedVeteran: As seen in ''Nowhere to Run'', his experiences as a combat medic have clearly left him with a case of PTSD.
264	* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:When K holds him at gunpoint and tells him not to get up, Sapper stands up and deliberately walks right at him.]]
265	* SuperStrength: He's strong enough to NeckSnap a human effortlessly and shove K through a wall.
266	[[/folder]]
267
268	[[folder:Freysa Sadeghpour]]
269	!!Freysa Sadeghpour
270	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freysa.png]]
271	[[caption-width-right:300:''"We all wish it was us. That's why we believe."'']]
272	!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/HiamAbbass
273	!!!'''Appears In:''' ''Film/BladeRunner2049''
274
275	->''"Dying for the right cause? It's the most human thing we can do."''
276
277	A Nexus 8 Replicant who helped Deckard and Rachael after they went on the run. By 2049, she has become the leader of a growing Replicant resistance movement.
278	----
279	* AscendedExtra: only appears in a few scenes in 2049 but becomes a main character in the Blade Runner:2019 and Blade Runner:2029 comics.
280	* AFatherToHisMen: Well, mother; her resistance cell includes both Replicants and human sympathizers and she treats them all equally. And she is just as willing to die for the cause as her followers.
281	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Was involved in the Blackout in some capacity, and [[spoiler:helped deliver Ana]]. The comics have since filled in some of her many adventures over the decades.
282	* BrutalHonesty: Really lets K have it with both barrels when saying [[spoiler:that he's not Deckard and Rachael's son]].
283	* CoolShades: Her preferred method of hiding her missing eye.
284	* EyeScream: Self-inflicted. She removed her own right eye because it identified her as a Replicant.
285	* MeaningfulName: Her name is one letter away from the [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]] goddess Freyja, who rules over Fólkvangr and half of those who died in battle. The one who rules the other half? Odin of Valhalla, who--it must be remembered--had one eye missing too.
286	* IAmNotYourFather: More specifically, [[spoiler:"Sorry K, you are not Deckard's son."]]
287	* InTheHood: Wears a hooded cloak.
288	* LaResistance: Currently leads them, but she would be the first to admit that she's keeping the seat warm for TheChosenOne.
289	* MyGreatestFailure: Her failure to save Rachael is hinted to be one, given the sorrow in her voice.
290	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Orders K to [[spoiler:[[ShootTheDog kill Deckard]] to prevent him from jeopardizing the Resistance.]]
291	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / BladeRunnerReplicants