Line #27 Characters/ThePlayersClub


1	[[foldercontrol]]
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3	[[folder:Diana's family]]
4	!!Diana 'Diamond' Armstrong
5	-> '''Played By:''' [=LisaRaye=] [=McCoy=]
6
7	The film's protagonist, Diana Armstrong is a young woman who has to work as a stripper at The Players' Club under the stage name 'Diamond'. She aspires to become a journalist.
8	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Do not cheat on Diana. Do not seduce her boyfriend, either. [[spoiler: Do not try to corrupt her loved ones. And do not...DO NOT...get said family RAPED]].
9	* ComingOfAgeStory: The film presents hers.
10	* HandCannon: Owns one and isn't afraid to use it.
11	* SingleMomStripper: Is pregnant with Jamal, her son, when she leaves her parents and has to work as a stripper to make a living ever since. [[spoiler: Later she finds a job as a news anchor]].
12	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: [[spoiler: Eventually finds one in Blue]].
13
14	!!Ebony
15	-> '''Played By:''' Monica Calhoun
16
17	Diana's younger cousin who comes to live with her and is quickly engulfed by the stripper lifestyle.
18	* [[spoiler: RapeAsDrama: Gets raped by Ronnie's brother at the end.]]
19	[[/folder]]
20
21	[[folder: The Players' Club]]
22	!!William 'Dollar Bill' Dollar
23	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/BernieMac
24
25	The Players' Club manager, Dollar Bill is a cowardly buffoon who is constantly in debt and despised by his customers, his employees, the local crime boss and the police.
26
27	* DelusionsOfEloquence
28	* DirtyCoward: He talks tough to his employees and people who can’t afford to talk back or risk being fired but when confronted by St Louis’s men? He completely shuts down like a deer in the headlights and at the end when St Louis himself enters the club to take care of him? He endangers the lives of his strippers and customers to save his own ass.
29	* HarmlessVillain: Even though his cowardice leaves him willing to let others be hurt or killed if it'll spare his own life, he's in no way a violent person himself.
30	* HatedByAll: Everyone hates him.
31	* JiveTurkey: Even compared to the other characters.
32	* LargeHam: He's excessively over-the-top in his speech and mannerisms.
33	* LaughablyEvil
34	* Manchild: Egregiously so.
35	* MeanBoss: Doesn’t even begin to describe him.
36	* PointyHairedBoss
37	* VillainousBreakdown: Constantly has those in the most pathetic way.
38
39	!!L'il Man
40	-> '''Played By:''' Anthony Johnson
41
42	The club's gatekeeper.
43	* ButtMonkey: L'il Man often suffers cruel jokes from both gangsters and cops.
44	* DeadpanSnarker: He delivers several one-liners to people who mess with him.
45	* SitcomArchnemesis: He and Blue dislike each other.
46	--> '''L'il Man''': Punk.
47	--> '''Blue''': Fetus.
48	* [[spoiler: StartMyOwn: At the end is mentioned to manage his own strip club back in Chicago.]]
49
50	!!Tina
51	-> '''Played By:''' Tracey Cherelle Jones
52
53	The club's bartender.
54	* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]
55	* YouAreNotAlone: Gives a pep talk to Diana, to whom she's likely the only friend at the club.
56
57	!!Ronnie
58	-> '''Played By:''' Chrystale Wilson
59
60	One of the more influential strippers in the club.
61	* CorruptTheCutie: Fails to do that to Diana. [[spoiler: Almost does it to Ebony]].
62	* EvilDebtCollector: Isn't nice at all to people who owe her money.
63	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler: Ronnie loses it when she witnesses how her brother has beaten Ebony bloody and unconscious in order to rape her. She simply leaves together with him, then gloats at Diamond about it and threatens her with the same]].
64	* PsychoLesbian: Ronnie is either that or a DepravedBisexual. She starts acting like a predator around Diana since the moment she sees her. [[spoiler: Turns out she raped her once and almost does it again]].
65
66	!!Trix
67	-> '''Played By:''' Adele Givens
68
69	An aging stripper, Trix is a friend of Ronnie and just as rotten.
70	* BigBeautifulWoman: According to Fat Joe, the only patron that doesn't leave the club when she comes on stage.
71
72	!!Blue
73	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JamieFoxx
74
75	The club's DJ.
76	* NiceGuy: He's just trying to make a living.
77
78	!!XL
79	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/TinyLister
80
81	The club's bouncer.
82	* PunchClockVillain: When asked, he leaves Bill to fend for himself when Blue points a gun at them.
83	[[/folder]]
84	Vanilla
85
86	Played by: Bettina Rae.
87
88	The only white girl who dances at The Players Club.
89
90	* Pretty Fly For A White Guy: She talks slang, has a sassy attitude,and even has N-word Privileges. Surprisingly, no one gets offended.
91
92	* The Big "NO": More like the Big "Hell No" when Ronnie asks if she wants to dance at her brother's bachelor party. Obviously, she knows how disgusting Junior is.
93
94	[[folder: Gangsters]]
95	!!St. Louis
96	-> '''Played By:''' Larry [=McCoy=]
97
98	The resident drug dealer, he loaned $60,000 to Dollar Bill and is now trying to collect his money.
99	* EvilDebtCollector: He's out for Dollar Bill's blood when he doesn't pay him 10,000 bucks back.
100	* EvilCripple: He's in a wheelchair.
101	* MoreDakka: [[spoiler: When he doesn't get paid, he turns up at the club with a submachine gun.]]
102	* PetTheDog: He might roll into the club to shoot it up when he doesn't get his money back, but he gives the patrons and strippers a warning before he does.
103	--> '''St. Louis:''' If there's anybody here who don't wanna get murdered... GET THE FUUUUUCK OOOOOUT!
104	* SoftSpokenSadist: He never yells or raises his voice even when he orders Brooklyn to [[ColdBloodedTorture"make him feel better"]].
105
106	!!The Doctor
107	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/BadjaDjola
108
109	St. Louis' hitman, he is first sent to Dollar Bill with a shotgun to remind him of his debts.
110	* BangBangBANG: Averted. See HollywoodSilencer below:
111	--> '''The Doctor''': Maybe I should just BLAM!
112	--> ''Dollar Bill panicks.''
113	--> '''The Doctor''': It's gonna be a ''pop'', fool.
114	* TheBrute
115	* EvilDebtCollector: Arguably scarier than St. Louis himself.
116	* EvilLaugh:
117	--> '''The Doctor''': Eheheh. [[spoiler: [[BrickJoke It's time to hear that ''pop'']].]]
118	* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Wears one which only makes him scarier.
119	* HollywoodSilencer:
120	--> '''The Doctor''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Make. That. Payment]]. Or listen for the ''pop''.
121	* ScaryBlackMan: Waking you up by whacking you in the stomach with a shotgun in the middle of the night, then threatening to blow your brains out while forcing said shotgun in your mouth. Very scary indeed.
122	* WhiteGloves: Wears medical gloves in order to not leave fingerprints on the gun. Guess why.
123
124	!!Brooklyn
125	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/CharlieMurphy
126
127	St. Louis' right-hand henchman.
128	* CigaretteBurns: Puts out his cigarette on L'il Man's nose.
129	* StuffBlowingUp: [[spoiler: Turns the club into this with a rocket launcher]].
130	* TheDragon: To St. Louis.
131	* TortureTechnician: [[DiscussedTrope Discusses]] torture techniques with K. C. when they capture Dollar Bill.
132
133	!!K.C.
134	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/TerrenceHoward
135
136	Another of St. Louis' goons.
137	* BigBadWannabe: Tries to emulate Brooklyn's brutality, but fails miserably.
138	* FashionVictimVillain: InUniverse. He dresses very flamboyantly and officer Peters tells him "this ain't no fashion show".
139
140	!!Reggie
141	-> '''Played By:''' Music/IceCube
142
143	A thug sent by St. Louis to the club to spy on Dollar Bill.
144	* {{RapeByProxy}}: He (and Clyde) couldn't rape Ebony when she was drunk because Diana intervened, so when she arrives at Junior's stag party, he makes Junior think she'd have sex with him and eggs him on. Then he turns up the music and leaves.
145	--> '''Reggie''': ''(to Ronnie)'' [[IronicEcho Tell her we understand, "no" do mean "no".]]
146
147	!!Clyde
148	-> '''Played By:''' Alex Thomas
149
150	Reggie's friend.
151	* LoonyFan: Of Luke.
152	* ManChild: He gets into a BarBrawl all because Luke the rapper had his bodyguard snub him when he came for an autograph.
153	[[/folder]]
154
155	[[folder: Others]]
156	!!Lance
157	-> '''Played By:''' Montae Russell
158
159	!!Officer Freeman
160	-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JohnAmos
161
162	* ActorAllusion: L'il Man tells him he looks like the father from ''Good Times''. The actor is the same.
163	* DirtyCop
164	* {{Jerkass}}: Shoves whatever he's eating (with chili sauce) under L'il Man's shirt after interrogation just to humiliate him.
165
166	!!Officer Peters
167	-> '''Played By:''' Faizon Love
168
169	* DirtyCop
170	* FatBastard: Parodied - he's shown to have trouble getting out of the car because of how fat he is.
171	* {{Jerkass}}: He loves hazing street punks.
172	* PoliceBrutality: While interrogating L'il Man, he repeatedly slams his head against the car.
173
174	!!Luke
175	-> '''Played By:''' Luther Campbell
176
177	A local rapper celebrity, Luke is an occasional visitor to The Players' Club.
178	* DeadpanSnarker: Cracks jokes at the expense of people who try to endear themselves to him by saying "me so horny" (apparently a song of his):
179	--> '''L'il Man'': Oh, Luke! "Me so horny"!
180	--> '''Luke''': You look horny.
181
182	--> '''Trix'': "Me so horny"!
183	--> '''Luke''': You so damn fat.
184
185	!!Professor Mills
186	-> '''Played By:'''
187
188	Diana's journalism professor at the college who despite her frequent absences, appreciates her effort and aids her with her studies.
189
190	!!Miron
191	-> '''Played By:'''
192
193	A frequent client at The Players' Club. Fan of Diamond.
194	* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's a nerdy-looking man who gets a crush on Diana after she dances for him once and then stalks her on her way home, trying aggressively to get in.
195	* StalkerWithACrush: To Diana.
196
197	!!Junior
198	-> '''Played By:''' Samuel Monroe Jr.
199
200	Ronnie's brother.
201
202	* SpoiledBrat
203	* VillainousBreakdown:

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