Line #71 Characters/TheLastStarfighter


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2	Character sheet for the film ''Film/TheLastStarfighter''.
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4	[[foldercontrol]]
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6	!![=Starlite Starbrite Trailer Park=]
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8	[[folder:Alex Rogan]]
9	!!Alex Rogan
10	->'''Played by:''' Creator/LanceGuest
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12	A teenage boy living with his mother and brother in the Starlite Starbrite trailer park. The film's protagonist, he dreams of greater things.
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14	* TwoByFore: Grabs a big hunk of plywood with a nail in it to defend himself against the Zando-Zan.
15	* EightiesHair: Big, poofy and ''very'' curly.
16	* ActionSurvivor: While Alex is pretty darn good at the controls of his Gunstar, outside of it, he ''is'' just a regular teenager, and lacks anything even resembling combat skills. This is best seen when he finds himself attacked by the Zando-Zan, who gets the drop on him not once but ''twice'', requiring our hero to be rescued by the intervention of Centauri and Beta.
17	* DareToBeBadass: When he protests that he's just a nobody who lives in a trailer park, Centauri sternly tells him that if that's ''really'' what he thinks of himself, that's all he'll ever be.
18	* DeadpanSnarker: It comes with being an 80s teenager.
19	* DisappearedDad: Whoever Alex's father is or was, he's not around, forcing his mother to work to raise two kids in a trailer park. The novelization reveals that Mr. Rogan is dead.
20	* EurekaMoment: When telling Grig about how he and Louis used to play hide and seek in the caves near the trailer park, this gives him the idea to hide until the Ko-Dan command ship passes them by so they can hit it from behind.
21	* RefusalOfTheCall: Once he finds out just how serious things are, he bails on the Rylans. This actually ends up unintentionally saving his life. If he'd stayed, he would've been killed along with all the other Starfighters by the Ko-Dan's meteor gun.
22	[[/folder]]
23
24	[[folder:Maggie Gordon]]
25	!!Maggie Gordon
26	->'''Played by:''' Creator/CatherineMaryStewart
27	Alex's girlfriend.
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29	* RaisedByGrandparents: Her only family seems to be Granny.
30	* SatelliteLoveInterest: She really doesn't add much to the plot, and "Alex's girlfriend" is about the sum total of her personality.
31	[[/folder]]
32
33	[[folder:Louis Rogan]]
34	!!Louis Rogan
35	->'''Played by:''' Creator/ChrisHebert
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37	Alex's little brother.
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39	* BrattyHalfPint: Prone to wearing a space helmet and running around shooting at people and animals with his toy laser pistol, which fires suction cup darts.
40	[[/folder]]
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42	[[folder:Otis Davis]]
43	!!Otis
44	->'''Played by:''' Creator/VernonWashington
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46	One of the trailer park's older residents.
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48	* AllThereInTheManual: His last name comes from the novelization, as does the fact he insists everyone [[FirstNameBasis call him Otis]] instead of Mr. Davis.
49	* CoolOldGuy: Seems to think the ''Starfighter'' game is pretty cool.
50	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Alex.
51	[[/folder]]
52
53	!![=The Star League=]
54
55	[[folder:Beta]]
56	!!Beta Unit
57	->'''Played by:''' Creator/LanceGuest
58
59	A robotic duplicate of Alex.
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61	[[/folder]]
62
63	[[folder:Centauri]]
64	!!Centauri
65	->'''Played by:''' Creator/RobertPreston
66
67	Video game developer and the inventor of ''Starfighter''. He is in fact an intergalactic huckster of sorts who serves as a recruiter for the Star League.
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69	* ConMan: He tricks Alex into coming with him to save the Star League and he also uses his persuasive skills to sell the game that he invented to various stores and arcades.
70	* DisneyDeath: He is seemingly killed protecting Alex, but he later shows up after the film's climax to reveal that he was merely in a healing stasis.
71	* {{Expy}}: His entire characterization is based on Prof. Harold Hill, the lovable con man lead character in the musical Theatre/TheMusicMan, which is the character that Preston was most well known for playing both on Broadway and in film.
72	[[/folder]]
73
74	[[folder:Grig]]
75	!!Star Navigator First Class Grig
76	->'''Played by:''' Creator/DanOHerlihy
77
78	A reptilian alien who serves as Alex's confidant, mentor and co-pilot when he has to go up against the Ko-Dan armada.
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80	[[/folder]]
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82	[[folder:Enduran]]
83	!!Ambassador Enduran
84	->'''Played by:''' Creator/KayEKuter
85
86	The Rylan ambassador to the Star League. He has the dubious honor of being Xur's father.
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88	[[/folder]]
89
90	[[folder:Rylan Bursar]]
91	!!Rylan Bursar
92	->'''Played by:''' John O'Leary
93
94	The Rylan officer in charge of dispensing pay. [[spoiler:He's secretly a member of Xur's evil cult.]]
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96	[[/folder]]
97
98	!![=The Ko-Dan Empire=]
99
100	[[folder:Xur]]
101	!!Xur
102	->'''Played by:''' Creator/NormanSnow
103
104	The disowned son of Ambassador Enduran who has turned traitor. He leads the Xurians, an evil faction of Rylans who have aligned themselves with the Ko-Dan.
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107	* BigBadWannabe: Xur only ''thinks'' he's in charge of the Ko-Dan armada. They barely tolerate his presence until they have crossed the Frontier.
108	%%* CardCarryingVillain
109	* EvilIsHammy: It's amazing the hull of his command ship was able to withstand his vast [[ChewingTheScenery scenery chewing]].
110	* KarmaHoudini: At the end of the movie, Xur flies off in an escape pod and is never seen again (though it was done as a SequelHook).
111	* VillainExitStageLeft: Xur escapes during the impact strikes of the Gunstar.
112	[[/folder]]
113
114	[[folder:Kril]]
115	!!Commander Kril
116	->'''Played by:''' Dan Mason
117
118	A Ko-Dan nobleman and commanding officer of the Ko-Dan armada, who answers directly to the Ko-Dan emperor.
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120	* AllThereInTheManual: A lot of his backstory, such as the fact he has a family and is particularly keen on conquering the Star League as quickly as possible so he can go home and put his feet up (or whatever it is Ko-Dan do when they're off duty), comes from the novelization.
121	* AristocratsAreEvil: Is identified as ''Lord'' Kril in the credits and the novelization confirms he is a member of Ko-Dan nobility.
122	* DragonInChief: Nominally under Xur's command by the order of the Ko-Dan emperor, but he's much more "main villain" material than the whiny, overly theatrical and tantrumy Xur.
123	** DragonAscendant: After he gets tired of Xur's antics and repeated screwups.
124	* EvilSoundsDeep: In contrast to Xur, he has a pretty deep, gravelly voice.
125	* FaceDeathWithDignity: His response to his own impending death is to simply stand a little straighter, swivel his techno-monocle thing into place, and calmly inform his MookLieutenant "We die" (in response to the latter's panicked "What do we ''do''?").
126	* CommandingCoolness: A thoroughly levelheaded and smoothly evil Ko-Dan nobleman who holds the rank of Commander.
127	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's actually a family man.
128	* HighClassGlass: He has a red-lensed futuristic monocle-like thing attached to the side of his helmet which tends to swivel into place whenever he's feeling particularly contemplative.
129	* PunchClockVillain: Doesn't seem too interested in the glories of conquest. He's got a job to do and he wants to get it done as quickly as possible.
130	* VillainousBreakdown: Suffers a minor one that sees him order Xur removed from command, and make a fatal tactical error of attempting to ram Alex and Grig's Gunstar with his own ship despite the guns not working, which is what leads directly to his own death. Unlike his second in command, however, he recovers long enough to prepare to meet his maker with dignity after realizing there's nothing they can do.
131	* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Finds Xur irritating, is amused by the evil Rylan's efforts to intimidate him, and clearly wishes he'd just go away.
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	[[folder:Ko-Dan Officer]]
135	!!Ko-Dan Officer
136	->'''Played by:''' George [=McDaniel=]
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138	Kril's second in command.
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140	* CommunicationsOfficer: Seems to be his main job aboard the command ship, in addition to serving as the operator of its meteor gun.
141	* DecompositeCharacter: In the novelization, Kril has numerous officers serving under him instead of just this one guy. Since the book is based on the script, what likely happened is that in the script, Kril did have a much larger crew, and during filming the various communications officers, lieutenants, gunners, etc. abetting him were [[CompositeCharacter combined into one single character]] identified only as "Ko-Dan Officer" in the film credits.
142	* EvilSoundsDeep: Has an appropriately deep voice just like his superior.
143	* HeroKiller: With a dash of SmallRoleBigImpact. Since he operates the command ship's main weapon, it is by his actions that all the Starfighters except Alex get killed.
144	* MookLieutenant: Being the second highest-ranking Ko-Dan that we see.
145	* NoNameGiven: The only thing he's ever referred to as in dialogue is "meteor gunner." The credits just call him "Ko-Dan Officer."
146	* SatelliteCharacter: Is never seen without Kril and his entire character is just being the Ko-Dan commander's NumberTwo.
147	* VillainousBreakdown: Suffers a pretty big one when he realizes they're about to crash into the moon of Galan.
148	* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Does ''not'' like Xur, and openly expresses his contempt for the Rylan traitor every chance he gets.
149	[[/folder]]
150
151	!![=Other Characters=]
152
153	[[folder:Jack Blake]]
154	!!Jack Blake
155	->'''Played by:''' Peter Nelson
156
157	A teenage boy from town and one of Alex's friends. Sort of.
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159	* AdaptationalJerkass: In the movie, a lot of his and the other guys' jabs at Alex come off as just good-natured ribbing. In the novelization, however, he's quite a creep and exceptionally mean to Alex.
160	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Alex, Maggie and even Blake's own girlfriend don't seem to like him very much, but seem to tolerate him because he's the only one in their social circle with a car.
161	* LastNameBasis: Is almost always referred to as Blake, never as Jack. Similarly, he also always calls Alex by ''his'' last name.
162	* ThePreciousPreciousCar: A shiny red Dodge Power Ram. When "Alex" (actually Beta) takes it to drive off in pursuit of the Zando-Zan disguised as a cop, Blake yells at him, "Scratch that paint and you're dead, Rogan!" Beta ends up crashing the truck into the Zando-Zan's ship in a HeroicSacrifice, destroying both vehicles.
163	* TheRival: For Maggie's affections. This is made more apparent in the book.
164	[[/folder]]
165
166	[[folder:Zando-Zans]]
167	!!Zando-Zans
168	->'''Played by:''' Marc Alaimo (Human Form #1) and Ed Berke (Human Form #2)
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170	Shapeshifting alien assassins who take contracts for hire to kill people.
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172	* AnimalMotifs: [[ThreateningShark Hammerhead sharks]].
173	* EvilSmellsBad: They ''really'' stink, apparently due to bad hygiene.
174	* HelpingHands: Centauri shoots the arm off of the Zando-Zan impersonating the drifter. Despite this, the severed arm manages to still pick up the Zando-Zan's dropped gun and shoot back, (nearly) fatally wounding Centauri.
175	* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Their primary motivation for hiring themselves out as assassins. The second one (who impersonates the policeman) even considers remaining on Earth to keep killing humans [[AllThereInTheManual according to the novelization]] because "there is good sport to be had here."
176	* KillAndReplace: Their standard M.O. is to go to a planet, find a native, kill them, and impersonate them. The first Zando-Zan does this to a drifter. The second one picks a cop.
177	* NoBodyLeftBehind: When the first one is killed, his body is reduced to ashes. It's unclear whether this is because of the power of Centauri's gun or if a disintegrating body to avoid leaving any trace behind is a standard Zando-Zan thing.
178	* ProfessionalKiller: They've made a name for themselves as hired killers due to their race's propensity for being thrill-seekers. To the Star League, they're "ZZ-Designates." To the Ko-Dan, they're "[[DeadlyEuphemism Termination Emissaries]]." Centauri just calls them "hitbeasts."
179	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: They can transform themselves to look like anyone and even mimic voices.
180	[[/folder]]

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