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Characters for the Tremors franchise are each listed in the segment in which they initially appear.

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    Tyler Reed 
Played By: Victor Browne

A former race car driver who buys Jack's tour business at the start of the series.


  • Drives Like Crazy: Justified. He's trying to outdrive monsters, and he is a former NASCAR driver.
  • In Harm's Way: Tyler frequently states that while living in Perfection is dangerous, he rather likes the fact that it keeps his adrenaline going.
  • Like Father, Unlike Son: According to Word of God, his father served in the military and was very strict, as opposed to the more fun-loving NASCAR driver. His father was the original owner of the dog tags that Tyler is occasionally seen with.

    Rosalita Sanchez 
Played By: Gladys Jimenez


  • Dark and Troubled Past: She occasionally refers to having one from her showgirl days, such as showing a nasty scar on her stomach she got from fighting off a guy with a knife. Had the show gotten a second season, the writers would've revealed she wasn't actually Miguel's niece and was staying in the valley to hide out from some dangerous people.
  • Every Scar Has a Story: Has a long scar on her abdomen that she informs us is from when she failed to dodge a knife. Unfortunately, season 2, which would have fleshed out the story more, never came.
  • Groin Attack: Suggests this as a preferred method of dealing with a threat. Demonstrates on one of Burt's unsuspecting students.
  • Ms. Fanservice: Rosalita is frequently seen without a bra, especially in one notable scene where she dove into a water trough in a white shirt to avoid being spotted by an Ass-Blaster.

    W.D. Twitchell 
Played By: Dean Norris


  • Being Good Sucks: He admits he fantasizes about having a carefree life where he just noodles on his guitar and buys extravagant things like a boat or a vacation house, but he has a wife and kid to support and their well-being is more important to him.
  • Blackmail: His position means he could kick everyone out of Perfection at his discretion. He's quick to remind Burt and Tyler of this when the government needs someone to deal with a monster-type problem, though he's also willing to make more friendly deals (e.g. granting Tyler permission for moonlit tours).
  • Fat Bastard: Sports a noticeable belly, and while "bastard" might be a stretch, he's certainly not the easiest person to get along with.
  • Happily Married: Not much is known about his personal life, but he's willing to work a job that he hates in order to support his wife.
  • Hidden Depths: Reveals that he can play guitar in one episode.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Underneath his abrasive, sardonic attitude, he's a decent guy.
  • Obstructive Bureaucrat
  • Only Sane Man: Frequently insists he's this.

    Larry Norvel 
Played By: J. D. Walsh


  • Ascended Fanboy: Much to the irritation of the other residents of Perfection.
  • Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Larry very easily gets distracted by how cool the various monsters look and gushes about it.
  • Basement-Dweller: He was living in his parents' basement before moving to Perfection.
  • Born Lucky: Despite the danger the others had experienced, Larry inexplicably walks through the Planimal's field without suffering a single injury.
    Tyler: You are, without a doubt, the luckiest man I ever met.
  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer:
    • Despite his goofy demeanor, he makes a number of useful suggestions for Jodi and Nancy's businesses, due to his own years of working in retail. A lot of merchandise sells out pretty quickly on the basis of one suggestion.
    • He also proves surprisingly adept and clever when helping fight the monsters plaguing Perfection (at least when he can focus on the issue at hand).
  • Proud to Be a Geek: Runs his own sci-fi website, has a lot of memorabilia and videos, and often talks of his convention experiences.

    Cletus Poffenberger 
Played By: Christopher Lloyd

A former scientist who used to work in a secret government lab in Perfection Valley, part of the team that made Mixmaster, and the creator of Project 4-12. He is played beautifully by Christopher Lloyd.


  • Dark and Troubled Past: Worked for the corrupt Proudfoot Corporation just before the government turned on them. In the all the craziness, he took 4-12 before the facility was destroyed. He went to live in the desert because government agents knew what he did and were looking for him.
    "You see, Burt, all your life, you thought somebody was out to get you. Me? I knew it."
  • Ditzy Genius: He's brilliant, but he's goofy and easily distracted.

    Harlowe Winnemucca 
Played By: Branscombe Richard
Rosalie's ranch hand.


  • Hypercompetent Sidekick: It's noted more than once that by Rosalita and others that he is far more competent and adept on the ranch than she is, but he is quite content to simply work for her.
  • Out of Focus: He's only in two or three episodes and is mostly just mentioned.

    Dr. Casey Matthews 
Played By: Sarah Rafferty


    Roger Garrett 
Played By: Richard Biggs


    Chad 
Leader of the "Graboid Rights" movement in episode 10.


  • Attention Whore: He will do anything to get his name into the press and his face on TV.
  • Broken Pedestal: Both to Mindy and the rest of his rent-a-mob when it's revealed that he doesn't believe in "the cause" at all, and was in fact endangering El Blanco by having the scientist who was giving him legitimacy poison the animal.
  • Consummate Liar: He's as phony as a $3 bill, but he's very good at making his lies sound convincing.
  • Corrupt Politician: He staged a protest, with violence, and helped poison El Blanco, just to improve his chances at getting the ears of local politicians.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: His bomb throwing anarchist gets eaten by El Blanco, and he gets arrested for the crimes the guy committed on his watch, including endangering El Blanco by poison.
  • Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Not only does he happily jump on any protest movement he can find for his own advancement, he will make one up if he has to, and then resorts to guerilla warfare, as he tells Mindy when she gets tired of his excuses and confronts him, point blank, about the violence his right-hand has been up to.
  • Plausible Deniability: In episode 10, he just kept coming up with one excuse after another to try and brush off criticism against himself and try and claim ignorance of his right-hand man's crimes. He eventually runs out of excuses and gets arrested.
  • Smug Snake: When he's in charge of the conversation, he's very smarmy and easily rouses anger.
  • With Us or Against Us: To him, anyone who doesn't side with his "cause of the day" is an enemy, as he tells Mindy.
    "Either you stay with the program, or stay out of my way!"

    Delores 
Played By: Vivica A. Fox


    4- 12 

A Mixmaster mutation developed as a weapon for the Vietnam War by Cletus Poffenberger. Cletus rescued 4-12 from destruction when the lab was closed down. Described as a combination of a Rhino, aggressive spider, and wolverine.


  • Always a Bigger Fish: Averted. El Blanco may be bigger, but Project 4-12 left everyone's favorite Graboid with a foul taste in his mouth, as he spit out the mutant intact and none the worse for the wear.
  • Due to the Dead: Due to the Tragic Monster status, it is the only monster in the franchise to receive this treatment. It is given a proper burial in Nancy's backyard, with "Best Pal Ever" written on the grave by Cletus.
  • Immune to Bullets: Tyler takes several shots at it, none of which even slow it down.
  • Kill It with Fire: Burt, Harlowe, and Tyler devise a makeshift flamethrower to take out 4-12.
  • LEGO Genetics: Per Cletus, 4-12 is a mixture of a rhino, a switchback spider, and a wolverine.
  • Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: El Blanco spits him out because, according to Cletus, his skin secretes a substance that's like skunk innards, panther urine, and a few other unsavory things.
  • Tragic Monster: Cletus genuinely loved 4-12 as a companion and was able to curb its aggression with a plant, but without supplies of this plant, it lost control and had to be put down, afterward becoming the only monster in the series to receive a proper burial.

    Planimal 

A deadly Mixmaster fusion of plant and reptile that dissolves its victims in acid.


  • Hollywood Acid: Can dissolve a person down to their skeleton in a matter of seconds; said in-show to be a much stronger version of the digestive juices of the Pitcher plant.
  • Planimal: Trope Namer.

    Invisibat 

A Mixmaster mutation, though we never learn its exact composition, Invisibat lives in an old barn, and by the end of the final episode, seems to have developed a curiosity about Larry. Fast and strong enough to knock a full grown man to the ground, and leave them with a sizeable knot on their head, but doesn't seem to be overly dangerous from what we'd seen.


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