Line #95 Characters/TheTown


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3	!!The Crew
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5	[[folder:In general]]
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7	* BadassCrew: They're extremely fast and efficient at what they do.
8	* {{Southies}}: All of them are natives of Charlestown.
9	* UnlimitedWardrobe: They have a variety of costumes, disguises, and masks to carry out their jobs.
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13	[[folder:Doug]]
14	!!Douglas "Doug" [=MacRay=]
15	->Played by: Creator/BenAffleck
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17	The leader of the crew.
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19	* AffablyEvil: Though he robs banks and takes hostages, he's surprisingly nice so long as his victims cooperate and everything goes fine.
20	* ICouldaBeenAContender: He had a chance to become a professional hockey player, but threw it away to become a criminal like his father.
21	* TheLeader: Of the gang.
22	* MissingMom: His mother disappeared when he was young, leading him to believe she ran off to Florida. Fergie later reveals [[spoiler:she committed suicide]].
23	* NobleDemon: Although he's a bank robber, he at least tries to keep his jobs clean and avoid unnecessary violence.
24	* SoleSurvivor: In the theatrical cut, [[spoiler:he's the only member of the crew to survive the Fenway Park robbery and get away]].
25	* RedOniBlueOni: To Jem. Both of them have similar backgrounds, but Doug is significantly calmer, while Jem is quick to resort to violence.
26	* VillainProtagonist: He's a bank robber, so this is a given.
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28	[[/folder]]
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30	[[folder:Jem]]
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32	!!James "Jem" Coughlin
33	->Played by: Creator/JeremyRenner
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35	Doug's childhood friend, and second-in-command.
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37	* AxCrazy: He's quick to resort to violence, as seen when he beats up the branch manager in the opening robbery.
38	* BestFriendsInLaw: Doug has been in an on-off relationship with Jem's sister, Krista. Jem is supportive of it, though Doug is only in it for casual sex.
39	* DarkAndTroubledPast: His father died in prison, and his mother, from HIV, and at the time of the film, he recently got out of nine years in prison for manslaughter.
40	* TheLancer: To Doug. The violent second-in-command to the leader who would like to avoid violence.
41	* NeverGoingBackToPrison: Part of his reason for his SuicideByCop at the end of the film.
42	* PetTheDog: It's revealed that he shot the kid nine years ago in order to protect Doug, as the kid planned on killing him.
43	* SuicideByCop: Surrounded by cops and determined not to go back to prison, he chooses to charge them with empty guns, getting himself killed.
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45	[[/folder]]
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47	[[folder:Dez]]
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49	!!Desmond "Dez" Elden
50	->Played by: Owen Burke
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52	The gang's technician.
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54	* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How he goes out in the final fight]].
55	* DemotedToExtra: He has an actual backstory in the original novel, but doesn't have any major role in the film beyond providing a link Frawley needs to identify the gang.
56	* TheSmartGuy: He works for Vericom as a systems tech operator, explaining how he understands the banks' security systems.
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59	[[folder:Gloansy]]
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61	!! Albert "Gloansy" [=MacGloan=]
62	->Played by: Slaine
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64	The gang's getaway driver.
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66	* BadassDriver: He handles himself really well in Boston's narrow streets.
67	* TheDriver: He's responsible for securing rides and driving the gang away once their jobs are done.
68	* DrivesLikeCrazy: He ends up causing a lot of accidents during the botched North End robbery.
69	* HeroicSacrifice: Offers to distract the police by driving out, allowing Doug and Jem to get away. He gets killed in the process.
70	[[/folder]]
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72	!!Law enforcement
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74	[[folder:Frawley]]
75	!!Adam Frawley
76	->Played by: Creator/JonHamm
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78	* AntiHero: He's ruthless in his pursuit of the gang.
79	* CowboyCop: Subverted. Frawley may seem like a very dark take on this, but nothing he does violates the law or standard police protocol. He's simply ruthlessly efficient and willing to do whatever's allowed to do his job.
80	* GoodIsNotNice: He has no problem pulling dirty tricks (though still legal) to bring the gang down.
81	* HeroAntagonist: He's an FBI agent tasked with taking the gang down.
82	* InspectorJavert: He's ''really'' determined to take down Doug's gang.
83	* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: He's primarily seen toting a shotgun as his main weapon.
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87	[[folder:Dino]]
88	!!Dino Ciampa
89	->Played by: Creator/TitusWelliver
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91	A Boston Police Department detective tasked as Frawley's assistant.
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93	* CategoryTraitor: Doug views him as this, as they grew up in the same area, but he works for the police putting away criminals, including Doug's father.
94	* MrExposition: Primarily exists to explain robbery tactics, or gather information on the gang.
95	* {{Southies}}: He grew up in Charlestown.
96	* TheStoolPigeon: His quick rise through the ranks was partly thanks to him tipping off the police to things he knew about Charlestown's criminals from growing up in the neighborhood.
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98	[[/folder]]
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100	!!Civilians
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102	[[folder:Claire]]
103	!!Claire Keesey
104	->Played by: Creator/RebeccaHall
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106	The manager of a bank the gang robs, who ends up getting pulled into Doug's life.
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108	* BreakTheCutie: She winds up traumatized by the events at the start of the film, and then getting dragged into the investigation that follows.
109	* StockholmSyndrome: She ends up starting a relationship with Doug, not realizing until later that he was the one who took her hostage.
110	* WhatTheHellHero: Calls out Doug after Frawley tells her Doug's not only a bank robber, but the one who kidnapped her and gave her PTSD.
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