1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
2 | |
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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