Line #15 Characters/Catwoman2004


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7	'''ALL SPOILERS ARE UNMARKED.''' You have been warned.
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11	[[folder:Patience Phillips[=/=]Catwoman]]
12	!!Patience Phillips
13	[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/halleberry_catwoman_2004.jpg]]
14	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/HalleBerry (film), Creator/JenniferHale (video game)
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16	A fashion designer who becomes a Catwoman.
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18	* AdaptationalHeroism: Much more unambiguously heroic and nicer than her comic book counterpart.
19	* AdaptationalSkimpiness: Her outfit is considerably more revealing than its comic counterpart normally is.
20	* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: This version of the character fits Type I of this trope ("Animal Abilities"), unlike her Type II ("Animal Alias") comic counterpart.
21	* AntiHero: She's a hero, but has no qualms with roughing up her targets.
22	* BackFromTheDead: How Patience becomes Catwoman.
23	* CatGirl: Catwoman, of course, wears a cat-themed costume.
24	* CatsHateWater: Patience does not like rain.
25	* ClassyCatBurglar: It's Catwoman. What did you expect?
26	* DarkIsNotEvil: She wears black leather and was resurrected by cat necromancy, but she is a good person. The final fight scene contrasts her with the white-wearing [[spoiler:Laurel]], clearly invoking this trope.
27	* DressedLikeADominatrix: Wears a very {{Stripperific}} dominatrix outfit, complete with a WhipOfDominance.
28	* DrinkBasedCharacterization: Catwoman orders a White Russian without ice, vodka, or Kahlua. The bartender gives her a glass of cream. Did we mention that Catwoman is basically a cat?
29	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After Patience becomes Catwoman, she cuts off her long lovely curls in exchange for a [[BoyishShortHair short, spiky hairdo.]]
30	* ExtremeDoormat: Patience was this before becoming Catwoman.
31	* HurricaneOfPuns: She uses a lot of feline-related puns.
32	* KickChick: Besides her whip, her preferred method of fighting is with kicks.
33	* MsFanservice: Catwoman was this in the comics already, but it's taken to ridiculous levels in this movie with her {{Stripperific}} ensemble and the [[MaleGaze camera focusing on her boobs and ass many times]].
34	* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Happens repeatedly to Patience after she is brought back to life. As to be expected, it freaks her out at first.
35	* NiceGirl: Anti-heroic tendencies aside, Patience is generally sweet and affable.
36	* PungeonMaster: "Did you boys really think you could just walk in here and steal all of these beautiful things? What a purrrfect idea." [[{{Narm}} Yes, that's an actual line in the script]].
37	* SexyCatPerson: Apparently intended, although many people thought the costume was too over-the-top to actually achieve it.
38	* TheTease: Tends to flirt with her enemies to catch them off guard.
39	* ThouShaltNotKill: States that she is "definitely not a killer".
40	* WhipOfDominance: After Patience adopts the Catwoman identity, she started wields a whip as her primary weapon, which combined with her {{Stripperiffic}} black leather costume gives her [[DressedLikeADominatrix heavy dominatrix vibes]], supposedly to illustrate how she embraced her new bold and sexually confident personality.
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43	[[folder:George Hedare]]
44	!!George Hedare
45	[[quoteright:272:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hedarewilson.jpg]]
46	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LambertWilson (film), Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (video game)
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48	The [=CEO=] of Hedare Beauty.
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50	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: CEO of a makeup company that designs addictive makeup that will cause a person's face to atrophy and ultimately prove fatal if not continually applied.
51	* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is seen as the main antagonist until the second half.
52	* EvenEvilHasStandards: When he learns the full extent of the damage his makeup can produce, he's reluctant to mass-produce it but Laurel insists on doing so.
53	* {{Expy}}: Of Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', being a CorruptCorporateExecutive who is responsible for his dowdy employee's transformation into Catwoman.
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57	[[folder:Laurel Hedare]]
58	!!Laurel Hedare
59	[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/laurel_hedare.jpg]]
60	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/SharonStone
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62	The wife of George Hedare and an associate of his within his company. She has her own plans with the company's products.
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64	* ArchEnemy: Of Patience Phillips.
65	* BigBad: Of the film and video game.
66	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Occupies a high-ranking role in the Hedare makeup company and ultimately takes her husband's place as CEO after killing him.
67	* CosmeticHorror: The cosmetic product produced by Catwoman's enemy Laurel is physically damaging and addictive.
68	* EvilCounterpart: To Patience Phillips herself, being a woman in a male-dominated environment who is overlooked but acquires incredible powers and strength. She also possesses confidence and sensuality right from the start which Patience only develops after becoming Catwoman. Also while Patience is a ShrinkingViolet living in a small flat, Laurel is a narcissist who already possesses wealth, fame and power but feels as though she's drawn the short straw because she's being replaced as the company's top model, which while definitely unfair, doesn't justify her actions. Their similarities are symbolised by the fact that [[BoyishShortHair they possess the same hairstyle]].
69	* GameOver: She says this word-for-word to Patience.
70	* GenderFlip: Oddly enough, the closest thing in the film to any DC Comics plot element is the resemblance between Laurel's arc and the original ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics origin story for Black Mask, the male C-list Batman villain who became comics Catwoman's personal ArchEnemy during her 2000s solo series. The concept of a literally-addictive beauty product bears a resemblance to the origin story of Clayface from ''Batman: TAS''.
71	* LadyMacbeth: Is even more ruthless than her husband and ultimately kills him so that she can take the reigns of power altogether. Mass-marketing Beau-line is also her idea.
72	* LightIsNotGood: She is evil, has platinum blonde hair and wears white clothes. Given that she's contrasted against the DarkIsNotEvil Catwoman, this was intentional.
73	* MadeOfIron: Extended use of Beau-line over the years has not only preserved her youth but made her virtually indestructible.
74	* {{Narcissist}}: Obsessed with her appearance, youth, beauty and power.
75	* PrideBeforeAFall: A literal version in her case. As she hangs onto an iron poll protruding from the window of her office, she sees a reflection of her damaged face and is momentarily too horror struck to move, giving time for the iron rod to snap, sending her [[DisneyVillainDeath plummeting to her death]].
76	* TheSociopath: Not only manages to play the public roll of a loving wife and convince Patience that she's her ally, she also intends to mass market a highly dangerous and addictive makeup product purely for profit.
77	* StealthPun: Sharon Stone playing a woman whose skin is like marble due to a side affect of the skin cream she markets.
78	* VillainRespect: In her first scene with Patience, she's looking out of the window of her husband's office as he castigates Patience. She comes to her defense saying "She's good and you know it". This never goes anywhere however and is subverted in the final scene when she has Catwoman cornered and mockingly says "You're nothing more than a frightened little girl playing dress-up."
79	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Laurel is platinum blonde and evil as they come.
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83	[[folder:Ophelia Powers]]
84	!!Ophelia Powers
85	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ophelia_powers.jpg]]
86	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/FrancesConroy
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88	Patience's mentor.
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90	* CrazyCatLady: She is obsessed with cats and has some... [[CloudCuckooLander unorthodox]] hypotheses about ancient catwomen.
91	* StrawFeminist: Possibly unintentional on the part of the filmmakers, but she claims her fall from grace is due to "male academia" rather than the outlandish nature of her theories about immortal cat people.
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94	[[folder:Tom Lone]]
95	!!Tom Lone
96	[[quoteright:294:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thomas_lone.png]]
97	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BenjaminBratt
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100	* {{Expy}}: He is inspired by ComicBook/{{Batman}}.
101	* FairCop: He is an honest cop.
102	* SatelliteLoveInterest: What else do we know about him other than he's in love with Patience? He's a cop. Although even that may not be saying much...
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105	[[folder:Sally]]
106	!!Sally
107	[[quoteright:253:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th_6_9.jpeg]]
108	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/AlexBorstein
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110	One of Patience's few friends.
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112	* BaitAndSwitch: When Tom Lone slips a strawberry into her mouth at the end of the film: "Mmm, delicious, thank you... And the strawberry's nice too."
113	* BigBeautifulWoman: She's a big girl and ends up with Patience's LoveInterest.
114	* DeadpanSnarker: With her genuinely witty one-liners, ("Have you noticed how when they take you for observation, they never actually ''observe'' you") she's considered one of the few good things about the movie.
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